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Jacques Rogge
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Person

Jacques Rogge

1942 – 2021 · aged 79

President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013

Born
2 May 1942 · Ghent
Died
29 Aug 2021 · Deinze
Part ofBelgium54 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 91 years
  1. 2 May 1942BornBorn in Ghent
  2. 2001 – 2013RolePresident of the International Olympic Committee
  3. 2002AwardHonorary doctors of Ghent University
  4. 2006AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
  5. 2006AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  6. 2006AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class
  7. 2006AwardHonorary doctor of the Beijing Sport University
  8. 2007AwardAlgerian National Order of Merit, Commander rank
  9. 2007AwardChampions of the Earth
  10. 2008AwardGrand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  11. 2010AwardOrder of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
  12. 2010AwardOrder of Merit, 1st class
  13. 2011AwardGrand Order of Queen Jelena
  14. 2012AwardCommander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
  15. 29 Aug 2021DiedDied in Deinze

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1942 – 2021).

  1. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  2. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  4. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  6. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  7. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  9. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  10. 1956Suez Crisis
  11. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  13. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  15. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  17. 1968Prague Spring
  18. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  19. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  20. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  21. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  23. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  24. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  25. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  26. 1985Schengen Agreement
  27. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  28. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  29. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  31. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  33. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  35. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  36. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  37. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  38. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  39. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  40. 20102010 Haiti earthquake

Biography

Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔɡ], Dutch: [ʑɑk ˈrɔɣə] ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator, former athlete, and physician, who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 2013, Rogge became the IOC's honorary president, a lifetime position, which he held until his death from Parkinson's disease in August 2021.

Text from the Wikipedia article Jacques Rogge, CC BY-SA 4.0

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