Arne Ljungqvist

Arne Ljungqvist (born 23 April 1931) is a Swedish medical researcher, sports personality and retired high jumper. Ljungqvist is an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), chairman of IOC's Medical Commission, and vice chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Biography Ljungqvist grew up in Ålsten, outside Stockholm, as the son of Gunnar Ljungqvist (1898-1968), a CEO in the insurance industry and right-wing politician, and his wife Solveig. In his youth, Arne Ljungqvist competed in the high jump, javelin throw and decathlon. In 1952 he won the national high jump title and finished 15th at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He then left competitive sports to complete his medical training. to 2001. His international career as a sports official started when he became a council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1976. He was one of IAAF's vice presidents from 1981 to 1999, and IAAF's senior vice president 1999–2007. He was a Council Member of the Swedish Olympic Committee 1989 - 2011.

In 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he retired as a member of IOC and became an honorary member. He is the chairman of its Medical Commission as of 2014. In 1994, he was elected a member of the IOC, and became the chairman of its Medical Commission in 2003. In 2013 at the world congress in Johannesburg, South Africa, he retired as vice President of WADA. He was the chairman of WADA's Health, Medical & Research Committee.

The foundation was founded in 2011, the same year he celebrated his 80th birthday. The baseplate was a gift from the sports organizations (The Swedish Sports Confederation, the International Olympic Committee), the Government and the Karolinska Institutet. The purpose of the foundation is to follow Ljungqvist’s legacy in promoting scientific research on anti-doping matters and education for clean sports. The foundation initiates research on anti-doping matters in society and supports anti-doping work in national and international sport, within the framework of the foundation’s own purpose.

Since January 2021 he has been one of the members of the Board of the Anti-Doping Foundation, in Sweden.

Awards In 1991 Ljungvist received H. M. The King's Medal in the 12th size of seraphim band and in 1999 he was awarded the highest award of the Swedish Sports Confederation. In 2001 he received the KTH Grand Prize and in 2009 he was awarded the Swedish Sports Academy's Honorary Award. In 2008 he was granted Doctor honoris causa in sciences by the University of Loughborough in Great Britain, and was also awarded the "Sport and the Fight against Doping" Trophy. In 2012 he received the Olympic Order in silver. In 2014 during the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, his foundation, the Professor Arne Ljungqvist Anti-Doping Foundation, received Global Sports Developments' Humanitarian Award. In 2015 the Swedish government awarded him the royal medal Illis quorum meruere labores of the twelfth level (Latin for 'for those whose labors have deserved it'). He was Chamberlain to His Majesty the King of Sweden 1977–1986 and Lord-in-waiting to His Majesty the King of Sweden since then.