Kirsty Coventry becomes first African, woman elected IOC president Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will also be the youngest ever to assume the role and came through a field of seven contenders in the seaside resort of Costa Navarino in Greece to land the most powerful job in world sport. READ ALSO: Customs names Remi Tinubu as ”Grand Patron“ for African volleyball tournament (Pictures)  Coventry will officially take up the...