IOC: death of Jacques Rogge (BEL), president from 2001 to 2013 and honorary president since 2013

Belgian Count Jacques Rogge, the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee, which he led from 2001 to 2013 (after Spain's Juan Antonio Samaranch and before Germany's Thomas Bach), has died at the age of 79 after a long illness, according to the IOC on 29/08/2021.

"Rogge was an orthopaedic surgeon with a degree in sports medicine. A life-long sports fan and an accomplished athlete, Rogge was a Belgian rugby champion and represented his country on the national team. He was a 16-time Belgian national champion and a world champion in sailing," recalled the International Olympic Committee.

"He also competed in sailing at three editions of the Olympic Games, in 1968, 1972 and 1976, in the Finn class. After his career as an athlete he became president of the Belgian and European Olympic Committees, and was elected president of the IOC in 2001. After his IOC presidency, he also served as a Special Envoy for youth, refugees and sport to the United Nations," added the International Olympic Committee.

"An accomplished president, helping to modernise and transform the IOC" (T…