The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe was elected to the successor of German Thomas Bach at the 144th IOC General Assembly in a Greek holiday resort on the Peloponnese. Coventry is also the first IOC member from Africa to lead the Olympic umbrella organization in its 136-year history.
Coventry prevailed against six competitors, all of men. The British Athletics World Association chief Sebastian Coe (68) and the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch jr. (65), son of a former IOC president. Surprisingly, Coventry was determined as the new president after the first ballot. Bach (71) could no longer be re -elected after twelve years and two terms of office according to the rules of the Olympic Charter.
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