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| Affiliation | National Olympic Committee |
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| Name | Richard W. Pound |
| Address | 1155 Blvd René-Lévesque West 4000
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3V2, International Olympic Committee |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 22, 1942
(83 years)
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Modifed | Gerald Farinas
Jan 13, 2004 04:59pm |
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| Info | Richard W. Pound is a Canadian member of the IOC since 1978.
Married to Julie Houghton Keith; three children, two step-children.
Education McGill University (Commerce 1962 and Law 1967) and Sir George Williams University (Arts 1963); Chartered accountant (1964); Lawyer (1968). Speaks English and French.
Career Lawyer; Chartered accountant; author; Chancellor, McGill University.
Sports career Olympic finalist at the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960 (100m freestyle [6th] and 4x 400m medley relay [4th] gold medallist in 110 yards freestyle, silver medallist in 440 yards freestyle relay and in 880 yards freestyle relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games; bronze medallist in 440 yards medley relay; Canadian Champion freestyle (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962) and butterfly (1961); Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame; Canadian Amateur Athletic Hall of Fame.
Sports administration Secretary General (1968-1976) then President (1977-1982) of the Canadian Olympic Association; deputy chef de mission of the Canadian Olympic delegation in Munich (1972); former Secretary of the Canadian Squash Rackets Association; member of the PASO Executive Commission and Legislative Commission; President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA, 1999-).
IOC member since 1978: member of the Executive Board (1983-1991, 1992-1996); IOC Vice-President (1987-1991, 1996-2000); Chairman of the following Commissions: Protection of the Olympic Emblem (1981-1983), Television rights negotiations (1983-), Marketing (former “New Sources of Financing”, 1988-), Coordination for the 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 (1991-1996); Vice-Chairman of the Eligibility Commission (1990-1991); member of the following Commissions: Preparation of the XII Olympic Congress (1988-1989); Eligibility (1984-1987), Olympic Movement (1983-1991, 1992-1999), Programme (1985-1987), Juridical (1993-), Study of the Centennial Olympic Congress, Congress of Unity (1994-1996), Sport and Law (1995-), “IOC 2000” (Executive Committee, 1999).
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