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- Rogge studied sports medicine and earned his medical degree in Great Britain before returning to Belgium to work as an orthopedic surgeon in Deinze. He also lectured at Free University in Brussels and at the University of Ghent.
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Rogge was by profession an orthopedic surgeon and was educated at the Jesuit private school Sint-Barbaracollege and the University of Ghent. [1] Rogge was a noted athlete in his home country. He was a 16-time Belgian national champion in rugby and a one-time yachting world champion.
Apr 30, 2024 · Rogge studied sports medicine and earned his medical degree in Great Britain before returning to Belgium to work as an orthopedic surgeon in Deinze. He also lectured at Free University in Brussels and at the University of Ghent. A successful athlete, he was a 16-time national champion in rugby and a one-time yachting world champion.
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Sep 3, 2021 · He attended St Barbara’s Jesuit college and then took a degree in sports medicine at the University of Ghent, specialising in the knee. While studying, he met and subsequently married Anne...
Aug 30, 2021 · Agence France-Presse. Jacques Jean Marie Rogge was born on May 2, 1942, in Ghent, Belgium, to Charles and Suzanne Rogge. His father was an engineer, and his mother was a homemaker. He learned...
Sep 3, 2021 · Belgian Olympian who earned the nickname ‘Mr Clean’ for tackling corruption and fighting doping. Jacques Rogge was a born diplomat who could speak five languages but also bite his tongue ...
Apr 11, 2018 · Introduction. Jacques Rogge succeeded Juan-Antonio Samaranch on July 16, 2001 and was given the keys of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a time when it was on a solid financial foundation, which had not been the case when Mr. Samaranch took over in 1980.
Aug 29, 2021 · Biography. The 8th President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge was born in Ghent, Belgium on 2 May 1942. Rogge was an accomplished sailor, competing in three Olympic Games (1968, 1972, 1976), making him the second IOC President (after Avery Brundage) to have competed in the Olympics.
