Kirsty Coventry’s rise to the pinnacle of world sport was complete in a matter of minutes. She required just one, short round of voting in Thursday’s International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

Coventry was the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 200 meters backstroke in 2004 and 2008. She retired from swimming after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 with seven Olympic medals ...

Ex-Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry elected to most powerful job in world sport The race to become the most powerful figure in global sport concluded today, with Zimbabwe's sports minister, Kirsty ...

Born in Harare (Zimbabwe) on September 16, 1983, Kirsty Coventry is a former Zimbabwean swimmer and politician, Minister of Youth since September 10, 2018, and today she is the first woman elected ...

Former Zimbabwe swimmer and Olympic Gold medallist Kirsty Coventry has stunned the world by landing the biggest job in sport and creating history at the historically conservative IOC. The surprise ...

Seb Coe lost his bid to become the most powerful figure in sport today as Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry swept to victory and succeeded Thomas Bach as president of the International ...

Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Harare-born Coventry enjoyed a glittering career as a swimmer before transitioning into politics, making her a rare former athlete – alongside Coe – in this ...

Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Harare-born Coventry enjoyed a glittering career as a swimmer before transitioning into politics, making her a rare former athlete – alongside Coe – in this year’s ...