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Richard William Duncan Pound, better known as Dick Pound, is the current elder statesman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He created what we now know as the ‘business of the Olympics’ by overseeing the creation of the TOP (The Olympic Partners) program and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This chapter provides an overview of Pound’s key contributions to the Olympic Movement and the world of international sport. It discusses key challenges Pound faced, namely financial, Olympic Movement unity, and doping. The chapter concludes with how Pound dealt with these challenges, noting the timing, skills, and leadership needed to do so.
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In 2003, the Canadian Olympic Association Olympic (COA) changed its name to the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).
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Born on March 22, 1942 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
1960: Olympic Games in Rome, Italy—6th place in the 100 m freestyle and 4th place in the 4 × 100 m relay.
1962: Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia—gold medal in the 100 m freestyle, 2 silver medals and a bronze medal in the team relay events.
1967: Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University.
1968–1976: Secretary of the Canadian Olympic Association (COA).
1972: Deputy chef de mission for the Canadian delegation for the Munich Olympic Games.
1977–1982: President of the COA.
1978: Elected to the IOC.
1981–1983: Chairman of the Olympic Games Protection Commission.
1983–1991, 1992–1996: Member of the IOC Executive Committee.
1983–2001: Chairman of the TV Rights Commission.
1987–1991 and 1996–2000: Elected vice president of the IOC.
1988–2005: Chairman of the Marketing Commission.
1991–1997: Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
1998–1999: Chairman of the Ad hoc Commission on the Salt Lake City Scandal.
2002–2003: Chairman of the Olympic Games Study Commission.
1999–2007: Founding president of WADA.
1999–2009: Chancellor of McGill University.
2001–2010: Board member of the bid and organizing committees for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
2007–present: Member of the International Council for Arbitration in Sport (ICAS).
2008–present: IOC Representative on the WADA Foundation Board.
2009: Became Chancellor Emeritus of McGill University.
2011: Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
2014–present: Chairman of the Board of Olympic Broadcasting Services.
2015–present: Member, Board of Directors of Olympic Channel Services.
(Sources: IOC 2013, 2017; COC 2013; Perspective Monde, n.d.; Stikeman Elliott, n.d.; TAS 2013, Wenn and Martyn 2005).
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Parent, M.M., Séguin, B. (2018). Richard (Dick) W.D. Pound: The Architect of Olympic Business. In: Bayle, E., Clastres, P. (eds) Global Sport Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76753-6_9
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