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# Kirsty Coventry Elected IOC President, Becoming First Woman, First African to Lead Global Olympic Body

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_Published 2025-03-20. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She got a stunning win in Thursday's first-round voting by IOC members in a seven-candidate contest at the 144th IOC session in Greece. Coventry is the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports, and aged just 41._


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## Transcript

Dear friends and colleagues. The 144th IOC session has elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, Mrs. Kirsty Coventry. Thank you. Thank you. This is an extraordinary moment. As a nine year old girl, I never thought that I would be standing up here one day getting to give back to this incredible movement of ours. This is not just a huge honour, but it is a reminder of my commitment to every single one of you that I will lead this organisation with so much pride, with the values at the core. And I will make all of you very, very proud and hopefully extremely confident in the decision that you've taken today.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And now we've got some work together. This race was an incredible race and it made us better, made us a stronger movement. I know from all of the conversations that I've had with every single one of you, how much stronger our movement is going to be when we now come back together and deliver on some of those ideas that we all shared. Thank you very much for this moment, and thank you very much for this honour. Thank you. Thank. You.

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