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    Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔɡ], Dutch: [ˈrɔɣə] ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician...
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  • French filmmaker Jacques Rogge (1942–2021), Belgian sports administrator, president of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rougeau (born 1960)...
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    each Olympiad for putting on "the best ever" Games. Jacques Rogge (later created The 1st count Rogge) was elected as president of the IOC on 16 July 2001...
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  • (1907–1997), American football player Herbert Rogge (born 1947), West German handball player Jacques Rogge (1942–2021), Belgian sports administrator, 8th...
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    voting, giving him the majority needed to be elected. He succeeded Jacques Rogge, who had served as IOC President from 2001 to 2013. Bach would be eligible...
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  • These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Belgian Jacques Rogge, who was succeeded by German Thomas Bach the next year. London was chosen...
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    presidency. On 16 July 2001, he left the seat of the IOC presidency to Jacques Rogge. Samaranch became Honorary Life President of the IOC and was awarded...
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    cost £20 million. The 2012 Summer Olympics were officially closed by Jacques Rogge, who called London's games "happy and glorious." The ceremony included...
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    and Jacques Rogge both specifically credit Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki for the success of the games. In his speech at the Closing Ceremony, Rogge said...
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  • Games were hailed as "unforgettable dream games" by then-IOC President Jacques Rogge, and left Athens with a significantly improved infrastructure, including...
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    2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, he took the Olympic Flag, via Jacques Rogge, from London Mayor Boris Johnson. Paes was a trenchant critic of the...
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    then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair. A public statement by IOC President Jacques Rogge dismissed these accusations, stating that the competition had been fair...
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    Zlatan Ibrahimović, 4–2 vs  England, Friends Arena, 14 November 2012 Jacques Rogge Afghanistan Football Federation Pelé Pelé was given an honorary Ballon...
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    that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time. IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican's actions as disrespectful. Bolt denied...
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    Republic Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos. With Anne Rogge, wife of the IOC President Jacques Rogge. IOC Vice-President James L. Easton and wife Phyllis...
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    noting that it cost Bolt an even faster record time. IOC president Jacques Rogge also criticized Bolt's actions as disrespectful. Bolt denied that this...
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  • Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge. Vancouver 2010 was immensely successful, with the official Olympic...
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  • formative moment for Manchester and Britain, with then-IOC president Jacques Rogge viewing the games as an important litmus test as to whether Britain...
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    on Olympic World Library Video of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee speech Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic...
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    defected and exposed Russian doping system (awarded prior to the scandal) Jacques Rogge, 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (Belgium) Buvaisar...
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  • presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The 2000 Games were the last of the two consecutive Summer Olympics...
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  • dislocated knee. This was the first of three Olympic participation by Jacques Rogge. He competed in yachting and would later become the president of the...
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  • obesity and declining youth participation in sports. IOC President Jacques Rogge formally announced plans for the YOG at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala...
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    Retrieved 7 January 2009. Klein, Jeff Z. "The Starting Line: From Jacques Rogge to Albert Speer Jr. to Leo Messi to Nude Britons, the Olympics Are Almost...
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    the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers Gaelle Mys (born 1991), Olympic gymnast Jacques Rogge (1942–2021), former president of the IOC Patrick Sercu (1944–2019),...
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    attended. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including president Jacques Rogge, to their wedding. The couple were married in a civil ceremony on 1...
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  • attended. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including president Jacques Rogge, to their wedding.[better source needed] A week before the wedding,...
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    Barcelona Olympics (1988 and 1992).[citation needed] IOC President Jacques Rogge characterised Greece's organisation as outstanding and its security...
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    attended. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including President Jacques Rogge, to their wedding. The couple was married in a civil ceremony on 1 July...
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    Ireland being in the UK at the time. In 2012, the President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, stated, "This great, sports-loving country is widely recognised as...
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