Decorated former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been appointed the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), beating six other candidates ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first female president and the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, March 20, at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino.

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. Coventry, 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. She will begin her eight-year term ...