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Zimbabwe's Christy Coventry was elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday. She is the first woman and the first person from the African continent to become the president of the IOC.
He is the youngest person to hold such a powerful position in world sports. The 41-year-old has won two gold medals in swimming at the Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics in Greece, Coventry won a total of 3 medals, including 2 gold. She became the IOC president from Greece on Thursday.
Coventry will replace Germany's Thomas Wach from June 23. Backed by Bach, who has been president for 12 years, Coventry won the election beating six powerful men. She got 49 of the 97 votes cast. IOC veteran Hunwa Antonio Samaranch Jr. got 28 votes and Britain's Sebastian Coe, president of the World Athletics Federation, got 8 votes.
