Count Jacques Rogge (born May 2, 1942) is a Belgian orthopaedic surgeon and has been the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2001. Jacques Rogge Bio Photo This work is copyrighted. ... Look up Count in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (BE: orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic and recurrent injuries and other disorders of the locomotor system, its musclular and bone parts. ... A typical modern surgical operation Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia meaning hand work) is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ... The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Born in Ghent, living in Deinze, Rogge competed in yachting in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, and played on the Belgian rugby team. Rogge served as president of the Belgian Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1992, and as president of the European Olympic Committees from 1989 to 2001. He became a member of the IOC in 1991 and joined the Executive Board in 1998. He was knighted and given the title of count by King Albert II of Belgium. Ghent (Gent in Dutch, Gand in French, formerly Gaunt in English) is a city located in Flanders, Belgium. ... Deinze is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Yachting is a noncommercial boating activity. ... The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968. ... The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Argentina-France Rugby Union match Rugby football refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Albert II, King of the Belgians (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Chrétien Eugène Marie de Belgique), (born June 6, 1934), is a European constitutional monarch and the current King of the Belgians. ...

Rogge was elected as president of the IOC on July 16, 2001 at the IOC session in Moscow as the successor to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had led the IOC since 1980. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Juan Antonio Samaranch, Marquess of Samaranch (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

One of the core points of his IOC policy has been to limit the number of participants in the Summer Olympics to its current size of about 10,000. He has said that he will show no tolerance toward corruption and doping. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Rogge became the first IOC President to stay in the Athlete's village, instead of the lavish 5-star hotels that many IOC members prefer. Rogge also acted decisively in handling the judging and doping scandals. As a result, the first Olympic games under Rogge's watch was hailed by many critics as a new era in the Olympics as it sent a message that the IOC would not tolerate corruption. Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ... The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...

Under his term, baseball and softball have been removed from the Olympic Programme. Decision has been voted by the IOC Session in July 2005 in Singapore and will be in force for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth wooden stick called a bat. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...

In 2005, Rogge drew attention when he called "exaggerated" allegations that young gymnasts at a Beijing sports hall were being routinely beaten, noting that "the things that have been reported (...) are not so different to what happened in [British] schools 30 years ago". Although he said that "regrettable isolated cases" would have to be "tackled", he noted that one had to "judge China in the true perspective" of their historical accomplishment. [1] (help· info), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Marquess of Samaranch (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. ... Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. ...