The International Olympic Committee on Monday officially inaugurated Kirsty Coventry, 41, as the first female and African ...

The first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role Monday (June 23, 2025) on the organisation’s 131st ...

Coventry, at 41, is also the youngest IOC president since Pierre de Coubertin was elected as its first in 1896. She saw off the challenge of Sebastian Coe among others for the job at an IOC ...

Coventry, at 41, is also the youngest IOC president since Pierre de Coubertin was elected as its first in 1896. She saw off the challenge of Sebastian Coe among others for the job at an IOC ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Fraser Bullock is eager for the new International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, to come to Utah as the state gears up to host the 2034 Winter Games.

Coventry's first Olympic competition as IOC president will be at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games in Italy. Coventry won gold in the 200-meter backstroke in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

Thomas Bach (right) and his successor as IOC president Kirsty Coventry (Laurent Cipriani/AP) “It’s complex, it’s beautiful, it’s strong, but it only works if we work together and we remain ...

Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations for the Brisbane 2032 ...

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 its 130-year history ...

Coventry, at 41, is also the youngest IOC president since Pierre de Coubertin was elected as its first in 1896. She saw off the challenge of Sebastian Coe among others for the job at an IOC ...