Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, the new president of the International Olympic Committee, met with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin ...

The International Olympic Committee on Monday officially inaugurated Kirsty Coventry, 41, as the first female and African president. Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming for Zimbabwe ...

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.

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

Coventry will formally replace her mentor Bach on June 23 — officially Olympic Day — as the 10th IOC president in its 131-year history. Bach reached the maximum 12 years in office.

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.

And after a 30-minute break, Coventry was announced as Bach’s replacement and the 10th president of the IOC; of the 97 votes, Coventry received 49, while second-placed Juan Antonio Samaranch got 28.

By Ben Morse and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — 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 ...