Chinanews, August 30. According to foreign media, on August 30, the official website of the International Olympic Committee issued a statement stating that the former chairman of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, died at the age of 79.
According to the information, Jacques Rogge was elected to the IOC Executive Committee in 1998, and in July 2001, he became the eighth chairman of the International Olympic Committee, with a term of office until 2013.
Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the International Olympic Committee.
Rogge showed great sports talent when he was young. He was once a member of the Belgian rugby team. He won one world championship and two world runner-ups in the sailing event. He participated in three sessions in 1968, 1972 and 1976. Olympic Games.
At the same time, he is also an excellent plastic surgeon with a doctorate degree in medicine. He is proficient in Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish and other languages, and has a special liking for modern art.
Since Rogge was elected as the president of the European Olympic Committee in 1989, his influence in the international sports industry has risen rapidly. In Moscow, he became the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee.
As the first chairman of the International Olympic Committee in the 21st century, Rogge said at the beginning of his term that he would continue to lead the Olympic movement in the right direction. He believed that the scale of the Olympics should be reasonably controlled to allow more cities to have the opportunity to host the Olympics. It is the future trend of the Olympic movement.