Kirsty Coventry, 41, became the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee. Zimbabuense will happen to German Thomas Bach, which is thus ending with a twelve -people mandate. The Double Olympic Champion, the swimmer was selected last March in the 144th IOC session, in Costa Navarino. Coventry assumes the position after the success of the Paris Olympic Games and has a complex geopolitical situation.
All the presidents of IOC history:
Demetrius Vakelas (GRE), 1894-1896
Pierre de Caubertin (FR), 1896-1925
Henri de Baillet-Latour (Bel), 1925-1942
Sigfrid Edström (SWE), 1942-1952
Avery Brunge (USA), 1952-1972
Michael Morris Killanin (IRL), 1972-1980
Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP), 1980-2001
Jacques Rogge (Bel), 2001-2013
Thomas Bach (Ger), 2013-2025
Kirsty Coventry (ZIM), 2025-
Source: La Verdad
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