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Meet Kirsty Coventry, 41, the first Woman, first African IOC President-elect

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Deborah Dan-Awoh · Mar 21, 2025 3 min