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Kirsty Coventry

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Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (née Coventry; born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator and former competitive swimmer. She has served as the president of the International Olympic Committee since June 2025, and is the first woman, the first Zimbabwean, and the first African to hold that position. Coventry served in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe from September 2018 to March 2025 as the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation until September 2023 and then as Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. A former Olympic swimmer and world record holder, she is the most decorated African Olympian. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kirsty Coventry is the 25th most popular swimmer (up from 276th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Zimbabwean Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kirsty Coventry ranks 25 out of 709. Before her are Bill Mulliken, Ken Huszagh, Don Schollander, Ken Walsh, Joe Ruddy, and Roland Matthes. After her are Ann Curtis, Allen Stack, Joan Harrison, John Arthur Jarvis, Henry Taylor, and Arne Borg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Kirsty Coventry ranks 43. Before her are Jamala, Jesse Eisenberg, Ashley Johnson, Dante, Poppy Morgan, and Nicky Hilton Rothschild. After her are Felicity Jones, Jelena Dokic, Juan Guaidó, Amanda Righetti, Blanka Vlašić, and Jérémy Mathieu.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Kirsty Coventry ranks 10 out of 45. Before her are Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), and Oliver Mtukudzi (1952). After her are Joshua Nkomo (1917), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Liz Chase (1950), John Love (1924), Abel Muzorewa (1925), and Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975).

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Among SWIMMERS In Zimbabwe

Among swimmers born in Zimbabwe, Kirsty Coventry ranks 1. After her are Peter Wetzlar (1997), and Donata Katai (2004).

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