Associated Press16d
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...
WBOI16d
Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament. The country's former dictator, Robert Mugabe, called her "a golden girl, ...
Sports Business Journal16d
Kirsty Coventry wins presidential election, becomes first woman to lead the IOC
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, ...
Sky16d
New Olympic president elected as Britain's Lord Seb Coe discovers fate
A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...
Daily Mail16d
New Olympics chief Kirsty Coventry backs blanket ban for trans athletes from all female events - but faces questions over her role in women's boxing scandal
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 ...
as.com17d
Who is Kirsty Coventry, the new IOC president?
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 ...
The Independent17d
IOC presidential election LIVE: Ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe as historic results revealed
Seb Coe lost his bid to become the most powerful figure in sport today as Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry swept to victory and succeeded Thomas Bach as president of the International ...
The Irish Times17d
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected first female IOC president
The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...
France 2417d
Out of Africa: Hard knocks the spur for history-making Coventry
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 ...
The Independent17d
Kirsty Coventry wins seven-way battle to become first female IOC president
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 ...
NBC New York17d
Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC's first woman president
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and become the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...