The Resume

(May 2, 1942-August 29, 2021)
Resides in Deinze, Belgium
Belgian Olympic yachtsman (1968, 1972, and 1976)
President of the Belgian Olympic Committee (BIOC) (1989-1992)
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2001-September 10, 2013)

Why he might be annoying:

He looks tired.
He takes himself very seriously.
Under his reign, baseball and softball were pulled out of the 2012 London Olympics (July 8, 2005).
He never won a medal in the Olympics while competiting as a yacht racer.
He once considered Usian Bolt's victory gesture following his 100 meters victory at the 2008 Summer Olympics to be disrespectful.
He sparked controversies of excluding women's ski jumping as an Olympic event as it led to many to believe to be gender discrimination.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a surgeon.
He received a degree on sports medicine in the United Kingdom.
He was the first IOC President to remain in the Olympic Village instead of a hotel.
He speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, German, and Dutch.
He congratulated Gianna Angelopoulos for the success on the 2004 Olympics.

Credit: Neo NX2004

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• CBC's Top 10 to Watch in 2005 [January 6, 2005] (Ranked: 9)
• Eye Baggage
• I Attended Prince Albert of Monaco-Charlene Wittstock's Royal Wedding [July 1, 2011]
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 79)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• International Olympic Committee Presidents (Ranked: 8)
• Knights
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Headphones
• Look at Me, It's This Big
• Neo NX2004's Profiles [Series 1]
• Power 100 Most Influential People in Sports [September 25, 2007] (Ranked: 18)
• Profiles 16501-16750 (Ranked: 16530)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20210829)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 64 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 210 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 95.24% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 82.61% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 76.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 56.69% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 63 Votes: 63.49% Annoying