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Olympics’ champion: New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership
- Kirsty Coventry became the International Olympic Committee's first female and African president during a handover ceremony in Lausanne on Monday, June 23, 2025.
- She was elected in March 2025 after defeating Sebastian Coe, inheriting an IOC generating $7.7 billion in revenue for 2021-24 amid challenges including Russia's reintegration and climate change impacts.
- On her first full day, Coventry invited all 109 IOC members to closed-door 'Pause and Reflect' meetings, emphasizing a collaborative leadership style differing from Bach’s centralized approach.
- Coventry acknowledged her responsibility as president to make critical decisions and emphasized the importance of progress, announcing a two-day IOC workshop beginning June 24 to engage stakeholders on key topics.
- Her presidency marks a pivotal milestone advancing gender parity and inclusion, with the 2024 Paris Olympics set to be the first Summer Games led by a female IOC president featuring a majority female athlete quota.
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On Monday, the first female and youngest-ever president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially took office. Like so many other leaders, Russia, the climate crisis and Donald Trump's unpredictability are issues that Kirsty Coventry has to grapple with.
The Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry assumed the leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this Monday, becoming the first woman to hold the post and the youngest, with the exception of its founder, Pierre de Coubertin. READ ALSO Exnatant Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman to be elected president of the IOC The ceremony took place at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Thomas Bach, who headed the institution for the…
Zimambwe's Kirsty Coventry officially took over as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), taking over from Germany's Thomas Bach, becoming the first woman and first African to head the IOC
Swimming Olympic champion Coventry has officially succeeded IOC President Bach. She is the first woman to lead the association - and the first person from Africa. Her career was unusual. By Philip Raillon.
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