Kirsty Coventry is not only a sports administrator and politician, but also a mother. She gave birth to her second daughter less than six months ago. Her eldest is six years old.

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job ...

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

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.

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history. The former Zimbabwean swimmer, 41, was Thomas Bach's ...

Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session March 30 in Costa Navarino, western Greece. (Thanassis Stavrakis ...

GENEVA — The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as a groundbreaking president for the International Olympic Committee — the former NCAA Division I championship swimmer is the first female ...

Not only did Coventry's willingness to swim the 400 IM help the Tigers win the NCAA title, it also paid dividends for Kirsty's career. "The 400 IM became one of my best events.