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Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic Champion To IOC President - Sports - Nairaland 444z4z

Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic Champion To IOC President (13003 Views)

fergie001: 9:58am On Mar 21

Coventry is the first woman and first African to be elected President of the International Olympic Committee

At 41, she is also the youngest ever to be so elected

Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports .

Coventry is currently serving as the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe since 7th September 2019. A former Olympic swimmer and world record holder, she is the most decorated Olympian from Africa.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a silver, and a bronze, while in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she won four medals: a gold and three silver. Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe called her "a golden girl," and personally awarded her US$100,000 in cash for her 2008 Olympic performance. In 2016, Coventry retired from swimming after her fifth Olympics, having won the t-most individual medals in women's swimming in Olympic history.

She also won 5 Gold and 6 Silver medals at the World Championships and also another Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester (2002). She is a 14-time gold medalist at the All-African Games.

Results of the election for the 10th IOC President:
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein 2
David Lappartient 4
Johan Eliasch 2
Juan Antonio Samaranch 28
Kirsty Coventry 49
Lord Sebastian Coe 8
Morinari Watanabe 4

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FreeSpirited: 10:11am On Mar 21

A white Zimbabwean woman sound odd...

Even though Zimbabwe has some white population.. Perhaps less or about 1% of total population, why is it always a white person that has to become champion in global swimming competition...

Are u guys saying the 99% black population in Zimbabwe can't get someone to win a swimming competition even after this white woman?

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Augustinaz(m): 10:11am On Mar 21

bosschinalu(m): 10:11am On Mar 21

Hmmmmm, yt girl

Breaker001: 10:12am On Mar 21

Congratulations 🎉

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JoeyNaza: 10:12am On Mar 21

Doesn't look Zimbabweean, Nordic at best

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Topsoul147: 10:12am On Mar 21

great woman with great talent not those hook up from naija

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heykims(m): 10:12am On Mar 21

Natasha will soon locate her and cry cry

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Kionrae: 10:12am On Mar 21

Why is she white

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AlwynDigital: 10:13am On Mar 21

Not what I expected when I saw Zimbabwean.
This is cool

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Mopolchi: 10:13am On Mar 21

I was thinking that Zimbabweans are black; so we have white Zimbabweans

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Elzazzi: 10:13am On Mar 21

Lol na white woman na

Elzazzi: 10:13am On Mar 21

Mopolchi:
I was thinking that Zimbabweans are black; so we have white Zimbabweans

Same thing with South Africa

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Hemanwel(m): 10:13am On Mar 21

Wow! Kristy Coventry. I her so well at the Olympics Swimming events. I thought I would see in her the last Olympics, not knowing she had retired. A great Olympian she was!

BTW:

Jesu!!! Juan Antonio Samaranch still contesting for IOC president?? After being president from 1980-2001? Or, are my eyes turning me??

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AlwynDigital: 10:13am On Mar 21

Kionrae:
Why is she white

Cos she's a zim that's white, contesting and won.

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Finename(m): 10:14am On Mar 21

Because her parent were/are whites. grin

Kionrae:
Why is she white

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KenghisKhan(m): 10:14am On Mar 21

Congratulations to her

Anijay1212(m): 10:14am On Mar 21

Congratulations to her.
May her reign be successful.
👏👏👏👏

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Gboom: 10:14am On Mar 21

English woman turned Zimbabwean

Eleph(m): 10:15am On Mar 21

Say no to racism!
Say no to segregation!
Say no to discrimination!
Congratulations to her and the whole of Africa! 🎉🥳👏

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SaturnNick(m): 10:15am On Mar 21

Zimbabwean by residency.
Congratulations to her though

maestroferddi: 10:15am On Mar 21

Kirsty Coventry, a quintessential role model in every sense of the phrase...

Watching her sporting career, one could see that she was destined for something colossal...

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Papayaayasager(m): 10:15am On Mar 21

If she is black it wouldn't have been possible

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RandDigital: 10:16am On Mar 21

Most decorated African Olympian 🇿🇼🏆

Our other neighbor, Namibia, is inaugurating their first female president today 🇳🇦🏆 while 9ja persecutes Natasha and others of her gender

It's time for Southern Africa 🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆!

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Antichristian2: 10:17am On Mar 21

Natasha!

9jaBloke: 10:17am On Mar 21

JoeyNaza:
Doesn't look Zimbabweean, Nordic at best

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kaywhy09(m): 10:18am On Mar 21

Kirsty Coventry’s journey from Olympic champion to IOC President is truly inspiring. Her achievements break barriers for women and Africans in global sports leadership.

Prince1759(m): 10:18am On Mar 21

White Zimbabwean

easytig(m): 10:19am On Mar 21

If it's Nigeria ,she will be sexually harassed by the people in power,I when she won a medal for Zimbabwe in Sydney 2000 Abi Na Athens 2004

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DigitB: 10:20am On Mar 21