{"id":263097,"date":"2025-03-20T17:29:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/kirsty-coventry-becomes-international-olympic-committee-first-female-president\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:29:36","slug":"kirsty-coventry-becomes-international-olympic-committee-first-female-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/kirsty-coventry-becomes-international-olympic-committee-first-female-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsty Coventry Becomes International Olympic Committee First Female President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2025\/03\/20\/f111b68d3d199834d19006197be083221742485818222958_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&amp;imwidth=1200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kirsty Coventry Becomes International Olympic Committee First Female President\" title=\"Kirsty Coventry Becomes International Olympic Committee First Female President\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<p>Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a historic move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has become the first woman and the first person from Africa to head the Olympic body. The\u00a0IOC members voted Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medalist, as the IOC President for an eight-year term on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mrs Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dv8Tfbecf6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Dv8Tfbecf6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iocmedia\/status\/1902743995660284270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, who is also the two-time Olympic swimming champion, is also the youngest person ever elected to lead the most influential body in sports governance.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry succeeds outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach, who served the maximum 12 years in the role.<\/p>\n<p>In the next eight years, Kirsty Coventry will oversee the Olympic games in Milan Cortina, Italy (2026), Los Angeles (2028), the French Alps (2030) and Brisbane, Australia (2032).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/kirsty-coventry-becomes-international-olympic-committee-first-female-president-1759213\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a historic move.\u00a0 She has become the first woman and the first person from Africa to head the Olympic body. 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