US EditionKirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee
- Kirsty Coventry has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, marking a historic milestone for the organization.
- The final vote took place in Costa Navarino, Greece, confirming Coventry as the IOC's 10th leader in 131 years.
- Thomas Bach, the previous IOC president, will leave office on June 23, having served 12 years and overseeing a financially secure organization.
- Bach's policies focused on gender parity, achieving equal quotas for male and female athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Kirsty Coventry makes history by becoming the first woman to preside over the IOC
Kirsty Coventry made a double story: she will be the first woman to preside over the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the first person of African origin to be in charge of the world’s most powerful sports organization. At only 41 years old, this former Olympic champion will succeed German Thomas Bach at the helm of the institution for the past 12 years. It was the German leader himself who announced the name of his successor at the end …
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Groundbreaking IOC chief Coventry confronts global intrigue and Trump
Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and set her sights on confronting the dual unpredictability of geopolitical intrigue and US president Donald Trump.
Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry makes IOC history as first female president
Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC."It is a signal that we are truly global," Coventry said of her election.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCoventry, a two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist, won in the first round of voting among seven candidates voted on by 97 IOC members. Coventry ge…
IOC chooses first female president: Kirsty Coventry
The IOC has its first female president. Kirsty Coventry is the first woman to be elected head of the International Olympic Committee, meeting in Costa Navarino in Greece, and will succeed Thomas Bach, who will leave the leadership of the…
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected as 1st-ever female IOC president
Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female president of the largest global sporting organization on Thursday. Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president after members from across the world cast their secret vote on the first ballot.
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