Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. On July 16, 2001, he's been elected as the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch. And on September 10, 2013, he succeeded by an Olympic Champion, Fencing, Montreal 1976, Thomas Bach of Germany. He passed away on August 29, 2021.