Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected as the 10 th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first female President in IOC history, following 1 round of voting at the 144 ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry ... child — IOC vice president Samaranch and Coe. Coventry's manifesto offered mostly continuity from Bach with little new detail, while her ...

Kirsty Coventry has smashed through the glass ceiling of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become the organisation’s first woman and first African president ... in a new era for ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president ... In addition to becoming the first female IOC president, Coventry is also the first person from Africa to hold the ...