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{{short description|Canadian swimming champion and first president of WADA}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dick Pound
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OQ|CD|KC|OLY|size=100%}}
| image               = Dick Pound.jpg
| caption             = Pound in 2010 
| office              = Chairman of [[Olympic Broadcasting Services]]
| predecessor         = [[Hein Verbruggen]]
| successor           = 
| office2             = 1st President of the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]]
| predecessor2        = ''Position established''
| successor2          = [[John Fahey (politician)|John Fahey]]
| birth_name          = Richard William Duncan Pound
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1942|3|22}}
| birth_place         = [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| spouse              = [[Julie Keith]]
| residence           = [[Westmount, Quebec|Westmount]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| alma_mater          = {{ubl | [[McGill University]] | [[Sir George Williams University]]}}
| occupation          = {{hlist | Lawyer | author}}
| website             = 
| term_start          = April 4, 2014
| term_end            = 
| term_start2         = November 10, 1999
| term_end2           = December 31, 2007
| office3             = 17th [[List of McGill University people#List of chancellors|Chancellor of McGill University]]
| term_start3         = July 1, 1999
| term_end3           = June 2009
| predecessor3        = [[Gretta Chambers]]
| successor3          = [[H. Arnold Steinberg]]
| office4             = Vice-President of the [[International Olympic Committee]]
| term_start4         = 1996
| term_end4           = 2000
| president4          = [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| term_start5         = 1987
| term_end5           = 1991
| president5          = [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| office6             = President of the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]]
| term_start6         = 1977
| term_end6           = 1982
| predecessor6        = [[Harold Wright (athlete)|Harold Wright]]
| successor6          = [[Roger Jackson (rower)|Roger Jackson]]
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Canada|1957}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games|British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth]] | 110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd freestyle relay}}
{{MedalSilver | 1962 Perth | 4×220 yd freestyle relay}}
{{MedalBronze | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd medley relay}}
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'''Richard William Duncan Pound''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OQ|CD|KC|OLY}} (born March 22, 1942), better known as '''Dick Pound''', is a Canadian [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] champion, [[lawyer]], and [[Spokesperson|spokesman]] for ethics in sport. He was the first president of the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] and vice-president of the [[International Olympic Committee]]. He is currently the longest-serving member of the IOC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2021|title=IOC Members List|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/members|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Beijing Boycott {{!}} Munk Debates|url=https://munkdebates.com/podcast/beijing-boycott|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=munkdebates.com|language=en}}</ref>

Pound is a staunch advocate of strict [[Doping in sport|drug testing for athletes]], and has made many allegations of cheating and official corruption, some of them challenged, owing to disputes over the testing and reporting procedures. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine featured him as one of the "[[Time 100|100 Most Influential People in the World]]". He was a chancellor of [[McGill University]] and was chairman of the board of [[Olympic Broadcasting Services]].

==Early life and education==
Pound was born on March 22, 1942,{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} in [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]], the eldest of four children.<ref name="themontrealer">{{cite web|url=http://www.themontrealeronline.com/2011/08/richard-pound/ |title=Richard Pound – accepting a new challenge with the Foundation of Greater Montreal |publisher=The Montrealer |date=August 1, 2011 |first=Peter |last=Kerr |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020061546/http://www.themontrealeronline.com/2011/08/richard-pound/ |archive-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref> His father was an engineer at a pulp-and-paper mill,<ref name="cbcarchives">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/olympics/never-made-it-to-the-podium/dick-pound-making-waves-at-the-ioc.html |title=Dick Pound: Making waves at the IOC |publisher=CBC |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref> and the family moved often. His family moved to numerous [[Quebec]] towns, including [[La Tuque, Quebec|La Tuque]] and [[Trois-Rivieres, Quebec|Trois Rivieres]].<ref name="mcgill2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/olympian-richard-pound-inducted-mcgill-sports-hall-fame-164032 |title=Olympian Richard Pound inducted to McGill Sports Hall of Fame |publisher=McGill University |date=June 22, 2010 |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref> When Pound was six, his family moved to [[Ocean Falls, British Columbia]].<ref name="cbcarchives"/> He later moved to [[Montreal]] in 1957 and attended Mount Royal High School in [[Mount Royal, Quebec]].<ref name="handbookpage198"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/paul-tergat-ambassador-against-hunger | title=Paul Tergat: Ambassador against hunger | website=World Athletics | access-date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

In addition to swimming, Pound was a [[squash (sport)|squash]] player and won the Canadian intercollegiate championship twice.<ref name="handbookpage198"/>

In 1962, he earned a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from [[McGill University]] and was on the Dean's List.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news-archive.mcgill.ca/f97/honours.htm |title=Award of Merit |publisher=McGill University |date=Fall 1997 |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808164128/http://news-archive.mcgill.ca/f97/honours.htm |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of his classmates was [[John Cleghorn]]. He received a licentiate in accounting from McGill in 1964 and got his [[chartered accountant]] designation the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camagazine.com/archives/print-edition/2000/aug/features/camagazine26378.aspx |title=The go-to guy, Richard Pound |publisher=CA Magazine |date=August 2000 |first=Okey |last=Chigbo |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with honours<ref name="themontrealer"/> from [[Sir George Williams University]] (now [[Concordia University]]) in 1963<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/dick-pound-preside-over-his-last-mcgill-convocation-106863 |title=Dick Pound to preside over his last McGill Convocation |publisher=McGill University |date=May 28, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref> and graduated from the [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] with a [[Bachelor of Civil Law]] degree in 1967. During his time at McGill, he swam for the [[McGill Redmen]] from 1958 to 1962 and from 1964 to 1967.<ref name="mcgill2010"/> He established school records in every freestyle event, winning three Canadian intercollegiate gold medals in each of his freshman, sophomore and senior years.<ref name="mcgill2010"/> He was honoured by the [[Scarlet Key Society]]<ref name="mcgill2010"/> and was awarded the Carswell Company Prize.<ref name="handbookpage200">{{cite book|title=Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook |first=David E. |last=Newton |page=200 |isbn=978-1610693134 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2013 }}</ref> He served as managing editor of the ''[[McGill Law Journal]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[McGill Law Journal]] |year=1967 |title=Masthead, Volume 13}}</ref>

==Career==

===Swimming===
Pound won the [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] championship four times (1958, 1960, 1961, and 1962) and the Canadian [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] championship in 1961.<ref name="handbookpage198"/> He competed for Canada at the [[1959 Pan American Games]] in [[Chicago]] and the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], where he finished sixth in the [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 meter freestyle]] and was fourth with the [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m relay]] team. He won one gold, two silver, and one bronze medals at the [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia<ref name="mcgill2010"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/dick-pound-continues-to-build-legacy/article4250520/ |title=Dick Pound continues to build legacy |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=November 7, 2011 |first=James |last=Christie |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020065236/http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/olympian-richard-pound-inducted-mcgill-sports-hall-fame-164032 |archive-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref> and set a [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|Commonwealth record]] in the 110 yd freestyle.<ref name="mcgill2010"/>

===Canadian Olympic Committee===
After Pound retired from [[Swimming (sport)|competitive swimming]], he served as secretary of the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]] in 1968.<ref name="mcgill2010"/> He was president of the organization from 1977 to 1982.<ref name="globeandmail2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/dick-pounds-400000-page-archive-to-go-digital/article4262587/ |title=Dick Pound's 400,000-page archive to go digital |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 10, 2011 |first=James |last=Christie |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref>

===Olympics===
Pound was the Deputy [[head of mission|Chef de mission]] of the Canadian delegation for the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]]. He was director and executive member of the Organizing Committee for the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]] and director of the Canadian Bidding Committee for hosting the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]]. Pound was the former Secretary of the Canadian Squash Rackets Association, as well as a former member of the [[Pan American Games|Pan-American Sports Organization]] (PASO) Executive Commission and Legislative Commission.<ref name="joy7">{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/mr-richard-w-pound-q-c-ad-e | title=Richard W. Pound | website=International Olympic Committee | access-date=December 17, 2020 }}</ref>

In 1978, Pound was elected to the International Olympic Committee and put in charge of negotiating television and sponsorship deals. He was on the IOC executive committee for 16 years, as vice-president from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2000,<ref name="globeandmail2011"/> and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of the organization. Pound revolutionized the Olympic movement using such deals to transform the IOC into a multibillion-dollar enterprise. He became known as an outspoken critic of [[corruption]] within the IOC, while at the same time supporting the leadership of IOC President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]. His criticisms were given a wide airing after the [[2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal|scandal]]s surrounding the [[Salt Lake City Olympics]] broke, and he was then appointed head of the inquiry into the corruption. He also campaigned vehemently for stronger drug testing. Within the ISO, Pound has been in a variety of positions throughout the years, he was Member of the Executive Board (1983-1987, 1992-1996), Vice-President of the IOC (1987-1991, 1996-2000), Chairman of the following Commissions: Protection of the [[Olympic Games]] (1981-1983), Television Rights Negotiations (1983-2001), [[Marketing]] (1988-2001), Coordination for the Games of the [[1996 Summer Olympics|XXVI Olympiad]] in [[Atlanta]] in 1996 (1991-1997),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/01/08/atlanta-brave-it-took-courage-for-billy-payne-to-pursue-the-1996-summer-olympics-for-atlanta-and-it-will-take-all-of-his-religious-fervor-to-pull-them-off | title=Atlanta Brave | last=Katz | first=Donald | website=Vault | date=January 8, 1996 | access-date=January 5, 2021 }}</ref> Olympic Games Study (2002-2003), Vice Chairman of the Eligibility Commission (1990-1991). As well as being a member of the following Commissions: Preparation of the XII [[Olympic Congress]] (1988-1989), Protection of the Emblems (1974-1977), Eligibility (1984-1987), Olympic Movement (1983-1991, 1992-1999), Programme (1985-1987), [[Juridical work|Juridical]] (1993-2015), Study of the [[Centennial]] Olympic Congress – Congress of Unity (1994-1996), Sport and Law (1995-2001 and 2014-2015), "IOC 2000" (Executive Committee, 1999), Marketing (2005-), Olympic Philately [[Numismatics]] and Memorabilia (2014-2015), Legal Affairs (2015-2018), Communications (2018-), Chair of the boards of directors of [[Olympic Broadcasting Services]] S.A.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15858451 | title=Richard W Pound "Dick" | website=Bloomberg | access-date=January 5, 2021 }}</ref> [[Switzerland]] and S.L., [[Spain]] (2014-2018), Member of the Board of directors of Olympic Channel Services S.L., Spain (2015-2018), IOC Representative on International Council of Arbitration for Sport (2016-2018), and Arbitrator, [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2620262 | title=Sports Arbitration: How it Works and Why it Works | website=Social Science Research Network | date=June 16, 2015 | ssrn=2620262 | access-date=January 11, 2021 | last1=Pound | first1=Dick }}</ref> (1985-2006, 2018-).<ref name="joy7" />

With the retirement of Samaranch in 2001, he ran for president of the IOC, but the IOC chose [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Jacques Rogge]]. Pound finished third behind [[South Korea]]n [[Kim Un-Yong]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://157.166.246.201/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027747/index.htm |title=The Dick Pound File |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 16, 2002 |first=Frank |last=Deford |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104045758/http://157.166.246.201/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027747/index.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2014 }}</ref> who was one of those found to have participated in the [[Salt Lake City]] scandals, and who was later prosecuted by the [[Government of South Korea|South Korean government]].

On April 4, 2014, he was appointed chairman of the board of [[Olympic Broadcasting Services]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-appointed-chairman-of-olympic-broadcasting-services-1.1760923 |title=Canadian appointed chairman of Olympic Broadcasting Services |publisher=CTV |date=April 4, 2014 |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref> He headed the independent commission that investigated the [[Doping in sport|doping scandal]] in Russian athletics on behalf of [[World Anti-Doping Agency|WADA]] from December 2014 and presented its first partial report in November 2015, where the exclusion of the [[Russia|Russian Federation]] from international competitions was recommended.

===World Anti-Doping Agency===
Pound scaled back his involvement with the IOC. He helped found [[World Anti-Doping Agency]], based in [[Montreal]], and became the organization's first president.<ref name="handbookpage198">{{cite book|title=Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook |first=David E. |last=Newton |page=198 |isbn=978-1610693134 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2013 }}</ref> In that role he oversaw an unprecedented toughening of the drug-testing regimen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westmountexaminer.com/News/Local/2013-02-04/article-3169977/Westmounter-Dick-Pound-has-dedicated-his-life-to-clean-sport/1 |title=Westmounter Dick Pound has dedicated his life to clean sport |publisher=Westmount Examiner |date=February 4, 2013 |first=Morgan |last=Lowrie |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334213/just-say-no-hard-charging-ioc-veteran-dick-pound-has-a-new-mission--to-end-drug-use-in-the-games |title=Just Say No Hard-charging IOC veteran Dick Pound has a new mission--to end drug use in the Games |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 16, 2002 |first=Frank |last=Deford |access-date=November 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111021434/http://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334213/just-say-no-hard-charging-ioc-veteran-dick-pound-has-a-new-mission--to-end-drug-use-in-the-games |archive-date=November 11, 2014 }}</ref> Pound was an especially harsh critic of the Americans, arguing that there is widespread doping, especially amongst their [[track and field]] team. He also worked to expand [[World Anti-Doping Agency|WADA]] beyond the Olympics, calling on the major sports leagues to agree to WADA scrutiny. His allegations of widespread doping in professional [[bicycle racing]] at times brought WADA into fierce public conflict with the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] (UCI). Pound's term as WADA president ended at the end of 2007; he chose not to run for another term.

Pound chaired a commission investigating [[doping in Russia]] in track and field (athletics). The commission released its report in November 2015, accusing the Russian state of being complicit in illegal doping, requesting suspension of the [[All-Russia Athletic Federation|Russian Athletics Federation]], suspending [[RUSADA]] and firing its director and declaring it was rife with corruption, and accusing [[Ministry of Sport (Russia)|Russian Sports Minister]] [[Vitaly Mutko]] of cover-ups. The report released by Pound's commission instigated an [[INTERPOL]] investigation. The commission's investigation also involved [[Federal Security Service|Russia's FSB]] spying on RUSADA during the [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |title= CNN Newsroom |date= November 10, 2015 |publisher= CNN }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/russia-should-be-banned-from-athletics-competition-over-widespread-doping-and-coverups-wada-report |title= Russia should be banned from athletics competition over widespread doping and coverups: WADA report |author= John Leicester, Graham Dunbar |agency= Associated Press |publisher= National Post |date= November 9, 2015 }}</ref>

===Law===
He is a partner in the law firm of [[Stikeman Elliott]] LLP in Montreal. He practises [[tax law]]. He is also the author of several books on legal history. He edits ''Pound’s Tax Case Notes'', a review of tax-law court cases for lawyers. He did much of the reading of cases and the writing of the notes on international airplane flights to and from International Olympic Committee functions.

==Controversies==

===NHL===
Discussing the [[National Hockey League]] in November 2005, Pound said, "you wouldn’t be far wrong if you said a third of hockey players are gaining some pharmaceutical assistance".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dick-pound-slams-nhl-s-drug-policy-1.557993 | title=Dick Pound slams NHL's drug policy | website=CBC Sports | date=November 24, 2006 | access-date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref> Pound would later admit that he completely invented the figure.<ref name=Scold>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/magazine/07Antidoping.t.html|title=The Scold|first=Michael|last=Sokolove|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 7, 2007}}</ref> Both the NHL and [[NHL Players' Association|NHLPA]] have denied the claims, demanding Pound provide evidence rather than make what they term unsubstantiated claims. Since his comments were made, some NHL players have tested positive for banned substances, including [[Bryan Berard]], [[José Théodore]], and two of 250 players involved in Olympic testing. As of June 2006, there had been 1,406 tests in the program jointly administered by the league and the union, and none has come up with banned substances under NHL rules. Pound remained sceptical, claiming the NHL rules were too lax and unclear, and do not test for some banned substances, including certain stimulants.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/crusaders-last-hurrah/article18149494/ | title=Crusader's last hurrah | last=Christie | first=James | website=The Globe and Mail | date=November 17, 2007 | access-date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref> In an interview with hockey blogger B.&nbsp;D. Gallof of Hockeybuzz, on December 19, 2007, Pound was asked to expand on the 30 per cent comment and subsequent reaction, and gave his opinion that stimulants were "the NHL's drug of choice". He also stated his belief that NHL drug testing will have no credibility if it continues to be conducted "in-house".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=11944 | title=The Dick Pound Code: My Interview with Dick Pound | website=hockeybuzz | date=December 19, 2007 | access-date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

===Lance Armstrong===
In January 2004, ''[[Le Monde]]'' quoted Pound as saying that "the public knows that the riders in the [[Tour de France]] and the others are doping." This prompted a strongly worded rebuke from [[Lance Armstrong]], who called Pound's comments "careless and unacceptable."<ref>{{cite news|title=Armstrong offended by Pound's words|first=Stephen|last=Wilson|newspaper=[[Hamilton Spectator]]|date=March 6, 2004|page=SP.07}}</ref> Pound said he was surprised by the personal nature of Armstrong's response because he had never mentioned the cyclist by name.

Around the same time, scientists at a French lab were using frozen urine samples from the 1999 [[Tour de France]] to find a new way of detecting [[erythropoietin]] (EPO), an oxygen-[[Boosting (doping)|boosting]] agent. The samples did not have names attached to them, only numbers, and were provided for research purposes only. But an article in the August 23, 2005, edition of ''[[L'Équipe]]'' reported finding documentation linking the numbers with the riders, with the findings from the research with samples linked to Armstrong, claiming that six of his 15 samples showed traces of EPO. Pound told the media that there was "now an onus on Lance Armstrong and the others to explain how it is EPO got into their systems."<ref>{{cite news|title='Ritual denial' no good Pound; WADA boss calls for explanation; Still lot of holes in system, Scott says|first=Jim|last=Morris|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=August 24, 2005|page=D3}}</ref>

The [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] launched an enquiry, led by lawyer Emile Vrijman, former head of the [[Netherlands]]' antidoping agency (and later defence lawyer of athletes accused of doping). In his 132-page report,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/imgArchive/Homepage/Rapport%20HR%20zonder.pdf |title=Rapport Armstrong.indd<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=February 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101202416/http://www.uci.ch/imgArchive/Homepage/Rapport%20HR%20zonder.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> leaked to the media on May 31, 2006, Vrijman said no proper records were kept of the samples and that there had been no chain of custody and no process to ensure that the samples had not been spiked with banned substances at the laboratory. The report was highly critical of WADA and Pound, concluding that they had specifically targeted Armstrong and the UCI. The report also called for an investigation to "focus on the communications between Dick Pound and the media" and recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against any athletes.

In response, Pound dismissed the Vrijman report as "so lacking in professionalism and objectivity that it borders on farcical.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/5043260.stm | title=Wada boss slams Armstrong 'farce' | website=BBC Sport | date=2 June 2006 | access-date=15 December 2020 }}</ref> WADA released an official statement, criticising the Vrijman report as biased, ill-informed, speculative, and "fallacious in many aspects."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/wada_official_statement_vrijman_report.pdf |title=Official statement from WADA on the Vrijman report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182323/http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/wada_official_statement_vrijman_report.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

On June 9, 2006, Armstrong sent an eight-page letter to [[Jacques Rogge]], president of the International Olympic Committee, demanding that action be taken against Pound. He wrote that Pound was guilty of "reprehensible and indefensible" behaviour and "must be suspended or expelled from the Olympic movement". In February 2007, the IOC ethics committee recommended that Pound exercise greater prudence in his public pronouncements. It declined to move toward removing Pound as an IOC member, and found it had no jurisdiction over WADA. In response, Pound said he was accountable to WADA, not to the IOC.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ethics rebuke for doping chief reignites a feud with Armstrong|first=Juliet|last=Macur|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>

In 2013 Armstrong admitted that he had taken banned substances.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/8855686/lance-armstrong-admits-doping-interview-oprah-winfrey | title=Lance Armstrong comes clean | website=ESPN | date=January 17, 2013 | access-date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==="Savages" comment===
On August 9, 2008, during a conversation in [[French language|French]], when asked about whether the [[IOC]] was embarrassed to be affiliated with [[Government of China|Chinese government]]'s recent political history, he was quoted as replying: "We must not forget that 400 years ago, Canada was a land of savages, with scarcely 10,000 inhabitants of [[Europe]]an origin, while in China, we're talking about a 5,000-year-old civilization."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=National Post|title=Aboriginal group demands IOC suspend Pound for 'savages' remarks|date=October 17, 2008}}</ref>

Two months later, the Aboriginal advocacy group LandInSights asked for him to be suspended from the International Olympic Committee for the remark. Pound responded that it was a clumsy remark that was taken out of context,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=1acb6487-4f6c-4e03-abf2-f18e880f2a0d |title=Ex-Olympian calls Dick Pound's remark 'ignorant', 'racist' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105083842/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=1acb6487-4f6c-4e03-abf2-f18e880f2a0d |archive-date=November 5, 2012 }}</ref> and that in the particular French expression used, "''un pays de sauvages''", the French ''sauvages'' was not equivalent to English "savages".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/pound-apologizes-for-pays-de-sauvage-remark-1.729105|title=Pound apologizes for 'pays de sauvage' remark|date=October 22, 2008}}</ref>

=== Comments on internment camps in Xinjiang ===
On December 11, 2021, Pound was asked in an interview for German radio station [[Deutschlandfunk]] on his position and that of the IOC on the Chinese government's actions in [[Xinjiang]], including internment camps detaining up to several million people.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nebehay|first=Stephanie|date=March 14, 2019|title=1.5 million Muslims could be detained in China's Xinjiang: academic|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-rights/15-million-muslims-could-be-detained-in-chinas-xinjiang-academic-idUSKCN1QU2MQ|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> He answered: "I simply don't know." When told that there had been proof of the camps' existence for many years, Pound answered: "Really? Is there?" Many commentators on social media interpreted his remarks as denying or wilfully ignoring the situation in Xinjiang for political convenience.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ohlberg|first=Mareike|date=December 12, 2021|title="It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."... [Tweet]|url=https://twitter.com/MareikeOhlberg/status/1470048109535318019|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212153228/https://twitter.com/MareikeOhlberg/status/1470048109535318019 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Saeed|date=December 12, 2021|title=#DickPound should resign. He's lying or willfully ignoring facts....[Tweet]|url=https://twitter.com/saeedwkhan/status/1470070428966309899|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212165421/https://twitter.com/saeedwkhan/status/1470070428966309899 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 }}</ref>

=== Peng Shuai ===
In early December 2021, Pound told the media that the "unanimous conclusion" of those on a call with [[Peng Shuai]] was that she is "fine".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Amy Woodyatt|title='Unanimous conclusion' that Peng Shuai is 'fine,' says IOC member Dick Pound|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/tennis/peng-shuai-pound-intl-spt/index.html|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=CNN|date=December 2021 }}</ref> After speculation that the call was with Peng under duress, the IOC later backtracked on Pound's comments and said that it "can't give any assurances".<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 8, 2021|title=IOC: 'Can't give assurances' on Peng Shuai case|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32816774/ioc-says-give-assurances-amid-concern-peng-shuai|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dick Pound resides in [[Westmount, Quebec]], with his second wife, Montreal author [[Julie Keith]]. He has three children from his first marriage and two stepchildren from his second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news-archive.mcgill.ca/f95/3.htm |title=The Alchemist |publisher=McGill University |first=Ann |last=Gibbon |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref>

==Honours==
He was inducted into the [[Canadians|Canadian]] Aquatics (1972), and the Canadian Olympic (1975).<ref name="ball5">{{cite web | url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/richard-w-pound/ | title=Richard (Dick) W. Pound | website=Canadian Olympic Committee | date=September 18, 2011 | access-date=January 12, 2021 }}</ref>

Pound received an honorary doctorate from the [[United States Sports Academy]] in [[Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]] in 1988.

In 1992, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and in 1993 was made an Officer of the [[National Order of Quebec]]. In 2014, Pound was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15922&lan=eng |title=Order of Canada Appointments |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |date=December 26, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2015 }}</ref>

In 1993, He was inducted into the Canadian Amateur Athletic.<ref name="ball5" />

Pound was awarded the Gold and Silver Star of the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] by the government of [[Japan]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=article&no=8245|title=Article}}</ref>

In 2002, he received the Canadian [[Olympic Order]] (gold), [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] Golf Medallion Award.<ref name="ball5" />

In 2005, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]]'' featured him as one of the "[[Time 100|100 Most Influential People in the World]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972712_1974261,00.html |title=Richard Pound |magazine=Time |date=April 18, 2005 |first=Bill |last=Saporito |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2008, he won the [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus Spirit of Sport Award]] for his work at WADA<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/mr-richard-w-pound-q-c-ad-e | title=Mr Richard W. POUND, Q.C., Ad. E. | website=International Olympic Committee | access-date=December 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laureus.com/sites/default/files/document_files/key_facts_awards.pdf |title=KEY FACTS - LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS |publisher=Laureus |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309061809/http://www.laureus.com/sites/default/files/document_files/key_facts_awards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was named Chancellor emeritus at [[McGill University]].<ref name="ball5" />

He has been the Honorary Colonel of the [[Canadian Grenadier Guards]] (CGG) since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/media-advisory-dick-pound-joins-the-canadian-grenadier-guards-916432.htm |title=Media Advisory: Dick Pound Joins the Canadian Grenadier Guards |publisher=Market Wired |date=November 3, 2008 |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/pound-joins-the-reserves/article1065268/ |title=Pound joins the reserves |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=November 3, 2008 |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2010, he was inducted into McGill University's Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/dick-pound-inducted-into-mcgill-sports-hall-of-fame/article1373569/ |title=Dick Pound inducted into McGill sports hall of fame |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 21, 2010 |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2011, he was inducted into the [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="ball5" />

Pound joined [[McGill University]]'s board of governors in 1986 and was elected chair in 1994. He served as Chancellor of [[McGill University]] from July 1, 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/jan26_pou.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141020055334/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/jan26_pou.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |title=IOC's Dick Pound named McGill chancellor |publisher=canoe.ca |date=January 27, 1999 |access-date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref> to 2009.<ref name="globeandmail2011"/>

==Published works==
*{{cite book|title=Five Rings over Korea: The Secret Negotiations Behind the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=1994 |publisher=Little Brown & Co |isbn=978-0316715072 }}
*{{cite book|title=Chief Justice W.R. Jackett: By the Law of the Land |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2000 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0773518988 }}
*{{cite book|title=[[Stikeman Elliott]]: The First Fifty Years |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2002 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0773524118 }}
*{{cite book |title=Inside the Olympics: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals and the Glory of the Games |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2004 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0470838709 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/insideolympicsbe0000poun }}
*{{cite book|title=Inside Dope: How Drugs Are the Biggest Threat to Sports, Why You Should Care, and What Can Be Done About Them |url=https://archive.org/details/insidedopehowdru0000poun |url-access=registration |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2006 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0470837337 }}
*{{cite book|title=Unlucky to the End: The Story of Janise Marie Gamble |url=https://archive.org/details/unluckytoendstor0000poun |url-access=registration |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2007 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0773533004 }}
*{{cite book|title=[[Rocke Robertson]]: Surgeon and Shepherd of Change  |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2008 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0773533745 }}
*{{cite book|title=Quotations for the Fast Lane |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2013 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0773542983 }}
*{{cite book|title=Made in Court: Supreme Court Cases that Shaped Canada |first=Richard W. |last=Pound |date=2014 |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside |isbn=978-1554553471 }}

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.stikeman.com/cps/rde/xchg/se-en/hs.xsl/Profile.htm?ProfileID=32065 Richard W. Pound] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110422/http://www.stikeman.com/cps/rde/xchg/se-en/hs.xsl/Profile.htm?ProfileID=32065 |date=September 24, 2015 }} at [[Stikeman Elliott]]
*[http://www.olympic.org/mr-richard-w-pound Richard W. Pound] at [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]
*[https://www.swimming.ca/en/richard-pound/ Richard Pound] at [[Swimming Canada]]

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