Kirsti Coventry interacts after announcing it as a new president of the state at the International Olympic Committee in the 144th session in Costa Navarino, west of Greece, on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Johannesburg, South Africa – Zimbabwey Olympiadia Kirsti Kovantry was a juvenile career, from Al Baraka, to Parliament.
The former country’s dictator, Robert Mugabe, invited it, “Golden Girl,” While the man who took off in a coup – “The Crocodile” Mnangagwa – was appointed by the Minister of Sports.
Now the 41 -year -old is playing a completely new role, after it was Thursday voted As the first woman – and the first African – the president of the International Olympic Committee [IOC]. It is also the smallest.
“The little girl who started swimming in Zimbabwe throughout these years, she could not dream of this moment,” she said after she won a majority of 49 votes of 97 votes, and she won six men in this position. “The glass ceilings have been destroyed today.”
Coventry was born in the newly independent Zimbabwe in 1983, a few years after the liberation war that witnessed the end of the rule of the white fly in what was one day Rodisia.
The swimming star was from an early age, competing in her first Olympics in 2000 when she was still in high school. But it was in the 2004 and 2008 games where it really excelled, and she won gold every time in a 200 -meter back blow.
Kirsti Kovtenvi of Zimbabwe celebrates gold winning in the 200 -meter women’s race during swimming competitions at the National Water Games Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic in Beijing, Saturday, August 16, 2008.
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It was popular between Zimbabwe from all races to win the country for a total of seven medals before its retirement in 2016.
However, she faced some criticisms to participate in the Manangjoa government, which was accused of violations of rights and conducted elections in 2023.
There was also a debate about the Coventry position Sexual athletes. She said that sexually transgender women have an unfair feature and supported a comprehensive ban on women’s Olympic sports.
This may calm its relations with the next president who was appointed to a summer Olympics: the United States. Los Angeles will host the 2028 games, and President Donald Trump was an audio opponent for sexually transformed women in sports.
But there are concerns about the upcoming Olympics at a time to increase global polarization.
When journalists were asked on Thursday if she was concerned about dealing with Trump, if he tried, for example, to ban athletes from some countries, Zimbabwe was Plus.
“I have been dealing with difficult men in high positions since I was 20 years old.”
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