Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the first woman, first African, and the youngest person to lead the IOC in its 131-year history.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and the first African to lead the organisation in its 131-year history. She ...

Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Coventry rose to prominence as one of Africa’s most successful Olympians. She attended Auburn University in Alabama, where she competed for the school’s swim team, helping ...

The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, selecting the Zimbabwean sports minister and member of its executive board to succeed Thomas Bach. Coventry, 41, ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

Former Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry, 41, was today elected as the new Olympics chief, pipping Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch to the position. The election means Ms ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of ... Key challenges for the Auburn University graduate will be steering the Olympic movement through political and sporting ...

Former Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will succeed Thomas Bach as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), marking an historic milestone as the first African and ...

COSTA NAVARINO (AFP) – Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first ...

Decorated former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been appointed the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), beating six other candidates ...

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Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president after members from across the world cast their secret vote and tabbed the 41-year-old on the first ballot. Just after her mentor, outgoing ...