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
Jacques Rogge quotes about
country phones play
In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play rugby for Belgium!
sports religious athlete
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the Games be held in peace, in the true spirit of the Olympic Truce. Athletes of the 80 national Olympic committees, show us that sport unites by overcoming national, political, religious and language barriers. You can show us a world we all long for.
dear heartfelt meeting organizing succeeded thank truly
Dear Organizing Committee, friends and partners, you have succeeded brilliantly in meeting your challenge. These were truly magnificent Games. We say a heartfelt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Turin.
ideal lead london olympic
Denis Oswald is the ideal person to lead the IOC's partnership with London during the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games,
athlete brings experience highest leader nearly olympic organizing skills sports unique
Denis brings a unique combination of skills and experience, as a medal-winning, three-time Olympic athlete and a sports leader with nearly 30 years of experience organizing international competitions of the highest level,
continue fight healthy promise pure shall
I promise that we shall continue to fight for a pure and healthy sport.
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.
absolutely clear clearly committee full human olympic proved respect wants
The International Olympic Committee is absolutely clear that it wants full respect for human rights. I think we have proved that very clearly in the past.
announcing awarded city committee games honor olympic
The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the Games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of London,
country position private respect rules sanctions sovereign
The IOC position is there should only be disciplinary sanctions for the athletes. However, we are a private organization working in a sovereign country and we will respect the rules of the country.
absolutely beijing clear full games human improvement olympic relations respect rights social staging wants
The IOC is absolutely clear that it wants full respect of human rights. It is clear that the staging of the Olympic games in Beijing will do a lot for the improvement of human rights and social relations in China.