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PROFESSOR ARNE LJUNGQVIST
Entry in the IOC 1994
Country SWE (Sweden)
Born 23 April 1931, Stockholm
Marital status Married; three children

Education
M.D. and Ph. D., Medical Faculty, Karolinska Institute

Career
Associate Dean, Karolinska Institute (1972-1978); Prorector, Karolinska Institute (1977–1983); Chairman, Department of
Pathology, Karolinska Hospital (1983–1992); Rector, Swedish
University for Sports (1992–1996); President of the Swedish
Cancer Society (1992–2001); Lordin-Waiting to his Majesty
the King of Sweden (1986–)

Sports career
Swedish Junior Champion—high jump, pole vault, javelin;
Swedish Senior Champion—high jump; personal best 2.01 m;
represented Sweden at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952
and was amongst the top three ranked high jumpers in Europe.

Sports administration
Council member of the Swedish Athletic Association (1970–1973)
then President (1973–1981); Council member of the Swedish Sports
Confederation (1975–1989) then President (1989–2001); President
of the Swedish Council of Sports Research (1980–1993); member of
the IAAF Council (1976–1981), Vice-President (1981–1999) then
senior Vice-President (1999–2007); Chairman of the IAAF Medical
Commission (1980–2004); World Anti-Doping Agency Board member
(WADA) (1999-); Vice-President of the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) (2008-)

Awards and distinctions
Doctor honoris causa in sciences by the University of Loughborough
in Great Britain (2009)

IOC History
Member (1987–2003) then Chairman (2003–) of the Medical Commission

LORD STEVENS OF KIRKWHELPINGTON QPM
Chairman, Quest

Lord Stevens is the Chairman of Quest Ltd, a London based
Corporate Intelligence, Investigations and Risk Mitigation Company.

Lord Stevens joined Quest in 2005, after having served in the
Police Service for 42 years, the last five as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

During his career with the Police, he led the inquiry into
security breaches by the Security Forces in Northern Ireland. He
later headed the Metropolitan Police investigation into the
allegation of conspiracy to murder Diana, Princess of Wales and
Dodi Al-Fayed.

As Chairman of Quest, Lord Stevens has lead major security
assignments and investigations. These included in 2006-07,
the Quest Inquiry for the Premier League into alleged irregular
payments in football player transfers.

He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished
service in 1991. He was made Deputy Lieutenant of London in
2001 and a Knight of St John as well as being awarded the
Freedom of the City of London in 2002.

Knighted in Her Majesty’s New Year Honours 2000, he was then
awarded a life peerage on his final day with the Police in 2005.

On 29 June 2007, in-coming Prime Minister Gordon Brown
appointed Lord Stevens as his Senior Advisor on International
Security Issues. He also continues to Chair the Strategy Advisory
Panel at Interpol.

Lord Stevens holds an Honours Degree in Law, a Master Degree
of Philosophy, is a Doctor of Law and an Honorary Doctor of Civil
Law. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is married
with two sons and one daughter.