Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge, KCMG; born 2 May 1942) is a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committeefrom 2001 to 2013. In 2013, the IOC announced that Rogge would become their Honorary President...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1942
CityGhent, Belgium
games glad organizing
Organizing the Games is never easy. But I am glad the fundamentals are sound.
award course ideal merits olympic
In recognition of your outstanding merits in the course of world sport and your faithfulness to the Olympic ideal ... I award you with the Olympic Order,
believe control full good law obstacle october predicted solutions
In October I predicted intelligent solutions would be found, and I believe intelligent solutions were found. The law is not an obstacle to a very good doping control. The IOC will have full control of the testing.
athletes importance national
I know the importance of China's National Games, and it is not only for the athletes but for the whole population,
bid change committed looking peter select wants
I know that Peter wants to make a change in the way they would select their own candidate, it's something he's preparing. They have not committed to a bid today. I think he's probably looking at all the options. But there is no real hurry.
ceremony expect forward four high looking national opening remember seeing
I'm looking forward to seeing the National Games, which are always of the high quality. I remember very well of the opening ceremony in Guangzhou four years ago and I expect something that is very, very spectacular,
good york
I think New York did a very good bid, they had a good score.
chairman commission
I have no concerns. The chairman of the coordination commission has no concerns,
elections handled happy interests personal putting
I'm very happy with the way the elections have been handled ... putting the interests of the IOC before personal interests.
believed confidence due expressed extremely finish greek happy president time
I'm an extremely happy president of the IOC. We always expressed our confidence in our Greek friends. I've always said I believed there was enough time to finish the preparations in due time. Many did not believe me.
answer came couple found later paid problem three time
I paid him three visits. Each time I came with a problem and each time he found me an answer not later than a couple of days.
continue fight healthy promise pure shall
I promise that we shall continue to fight for a pure and healthy sport.
certainly clear great move sports toward unified within
Certainly within the sports world, there is a clear move toward a unified team. We can only say 'why not ?' It is a great symbol.
cities reflects trust word
I do not like the word 'rejection' but those cities we have not retained this in no way reflects that we do not trust these countries.