Members of the International Olympic Committee elected the first female president of the largest global sports organization on Thursday, working behind closed doors in a resort in western Greece. Kirsty Coventry will become the tenth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as members from around the world voted secretly for the first vote.
Become the first African to lead the global Olympics at the age of 41
Members of the International Olympic Committee elected the first female president of the largest global sports organization on Thursday, working behind closed doors in a resort in western Greece.
Kirsty Coventry will become the tenth president of the International Olympic Committee after members from around the world voted secretly and voted on the 41-year-old in the first vote. She will replace the upcoming president Thomas Bach, who has been in the job since 2013.
Coventry, who has won seven medal winners in the swimming pool in Zimbabwe at five Olympic Games, recently participated in Rio de Van in 2016.
In addition to being the first female president, she will be the second-year leader of the organization and the first person from Africa.
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