The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday.

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago.

Kirsty Coventry broke several barriers when she became the president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, as she is both the first woman and first African person to hold the position.

Kirsty Coventry officially became the president of the International Olympic Committee following a formal handover on Monday morning. The Zimbabwean, a seven-time Olympic medallist, becomes the first ...

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.

I believe her style is going to fit perfectly with Utah,” Bullock, president and executive chair of Utah’s Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, told the Deseret News ...

Kirsty Coventry took over as president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the organization.

New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is establishing working groups to examine the process for ...

Kirsty Coventry is not only a sports administrator and politician, but also a mother. She gave birth to her second daughter less than six months ago. Her eldest is six years old.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. Kirsty Coventry made sporting history ...

FILE -Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, March 20, 2025.

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a ...