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

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader. “This is ...

Newly elected International Olympic Committee IOC President Kirsty Coventry, second from right, is welcomed by officials at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, March 23 ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry smiles after receiving her gold medal after the women's 200-meter backstroke final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 ...

Kirsty Coventry speaks 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.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Kirsty Coventry, a former Olympic champion swimmer and a current member of the IOC's executive board, was appointed minister of sport in Zimbabwe on Friday. The 34-year ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry arrived Sunday in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s… ...