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Next IOC president Kirsty Coventry hands over the baton in planning for Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president ...
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Yes Women Are Rising, But is Kirsty Coventry African?
Coventry attended an all-girls convent school in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. She went to college at Auburn University in Alabama and became one of its star swimmers. Kirsty Coventry made her ...
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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 ... Key challenges for the Auburn University graduate, who is youthful by the historical standards of the IOC, will be ...
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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the ... She went to college at Auburn University in Alabama and became one of its star swimmers. She made her Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000 while ...
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Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee. Here’s what she says about Trump
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president ... An Olympic champion swimmer, she competed in five Summer Games and for Auburn University in Alabama. She joined the IOC in 2013 as a member ...