Associated Press17d
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 ...
Nairametrics18d
Meet Kirsty Coventry, 41, the first Woman, first African IOC President-elect
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 ...
Sports Business Journal18d
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, ...
Sky18d
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 Mail18d
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 ...
Los Angeles Times18d
Kirsty Coventry first woman, African elected president of International Olympic Committee
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the ... when the Winter Games return to Salt Lake City. A signature Bach policy also has been gender parity, with equal quotas ...
RTE Online18d
First-round victory sees Kirsty Coventry voted first female IOC president
Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been voted as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round. Coventry secured a surprise majority in the first round of ...
as.com18d
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 ...
France 2418d
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 Independent18d
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 York18d
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 ...
Coventry Telegraph19d
Coventry City transfers as Sky Blues 'enter race' for Europa League defender
While Frank Lampard does his best to steer Coventry City out of the Championship and into the Premier League - and all the uncertainty that creates regarding which division the Sky Blues will be ...