Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president, becoming first woman and first African to lead the Olympic body
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 in world sports. "It is a signal ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president
Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...
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See the 1st African country with a female President and Vice President
Lucia Witbooi was also appointed as Namibia’s first female vice president. This represents a groundbreaking moment for gender equality in leadership across Africa. Before assuming the presidency ...
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Bishop calls for peace in South Sudan as country’s first vice president reportedly arrested
Amid rising tensions in Africa’s youngest country and reports that the country’s first vice president was arrested, Bishop ...
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and ...
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Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first woman president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Africa’s most decorated Olympian and Zimbabwe’s minister of sport since 2018 secured ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected new IOC president, becomes first woman and African in the role
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...