Where is Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, from? Who was elected as the president of the Olympic Committee that year? How old is he this year?
the eighth president of the Olympic Committee: jacques rogge (term: 21- present) [Belgian] [born on May 2, 1942, 66 years old]. On July 16, 21, the election of the president of the International Olympic Committee in Moscow was all over, and the executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee and Belgian jacques rogge were elected as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee. Jacques rogge, born on May 2, 1942, is an athlete, orthopedic surgeon and a master of language. He is proficient in English and French, and also speaks Dutch, German and Spanish. When he was young, Rogge was a master of competitive sports. He won the Olympic windsurfing championship once, the second runner-up twice and the Belgian national windsurfing championship 16 times. The Belgian Waterloo football team he joined won the national championship. As a former Belgian sailor, Rogge participated in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In 1991, Rogge officially became a member of the International Olympic Committee. He worked hard, and with his background as an "orthopedic surgeon", he severely rectified the most hateful but repeatedly banned doping problem in the Olympic movement, winning himself the reputation of "an expert in treating difficult diseases in the Olympic movement". In less than 1 years, Rogge quickly rose to the leadership of the International Olympic Committee with a spirit of hard work. [1998], Rogge was elected to the Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee, and since then he has strengthened his belief in going up. Later, Samaranch appointed Rogge as the chairman of the Cooperation Committee for the 2 Sydney Olympic Games, which made Rogge frequently appear in the media spotlight. In Sydney, Rogge has always maintained a good relationship with the media. He is good at calmly and skillfully handling various contradictions. After the Sydney Olympic Games, Saon praised him as "the best chairman of previous cooperation committees". In addition, Rogge has been the vice-chairman of the IOC's Drug Committee and the president of the European Olympic Committee. When announcing his participation in the IOC presidential election, Rogge said that if he was elected as the new IOC president, he would give up his career as an orthopedic surgeon and devote himself to the Olympic movement and contribute to the spread of the Olympic spirit. He said: "In my career as an orthopedic surgeon, I have to make life-and-death decisions every day, which requires a high sense of responsibility. The same is true of the leadership of the International Olympic Committee, which has to make key decisions on whether the Olympic spirit can be spread every day. This requires me to devote myself wholeheartedly to uniting the people of the world and carrying forward the Olympic spirit. "