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

The former Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe was officially inaugurated as head of the IOC on 23 June.

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president ...

Coventry detailed her vision for an IOC presidency in her candidate manifesto published last December (soon after she gave ...

New IOC President Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe took office Monday in a ceremony attended by Utah Olympic leader Fraser Bullock ...

First impressions can be deceptive but Kirsty Coventry showed that behind a sunny disposition she will have the mettle to ...

Coventry honored the strong women in her life after becoming the first African and woman to be elected to head the IOC.

The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization's 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic movement was “in ...

IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and President-elect Kirsty Coventry pose during the handover ceremony of the IOC Presidency at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 23, 2025.

Kirsty Coventry can remember the spot in her living room 33 years ago when, shortly after getting out of the pool and still wearing her swimsuit, she watched TV coverage of the Barcelona Olympics and ...

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. (AP Photo ...

FILE -Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe, kisses her gold medal after winning the 200-meter backstroke at the Olympic Aquatic Centre during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Aug. 20, 2004.