Kirsty Coventry speaks at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Airport in Harare. HARARE, Zimbabwe—Newly elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry arrived Sunday in her home ...

Costa Navarino, Greece – Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday (March 20) and set her sights on ...

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.

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Decorated former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been appointed the first ... and I am fully aware of my responsibilities as a role model.” The new president will take office on 23 June ...

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 ...

and the commercial sustainability of the Olympic model. Coventry has committed to making the IOC more inclusive, strengthening ties with National Olympic Committees, and modernising the selection ...

Zimbabwean Coventry wins with 49 out of 97 votes Samaranch Jr. and Coe follow in voting results Coventry pledges to lead with pride and commitment PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty ...