Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (

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Coventry; born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator and former competitive swimmer. She has served as the

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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 Olympian from Africa. Born in

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, Coventry attended and swam competitively for

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, in the United States. At the

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, in

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, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a silver, and a bronze, and in the

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she won four medals: a gold and three silver. She was subsequently described by Paul Chingoka, head of the

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, as "our national treasure". Zimbabwean president

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called her "a golden girl", and awarded her

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100,000 in cash for her 2008 Olympic performance. In 2016, Coventry retired from swimming after her fifth Olympics, having won the joint-most individual medals in women's swimming in Olympic history. She is a member of the

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(IOC) and was elected the Chairperson of the IOC Athletes' Commission, the body that represents all Olympic athletes worldwide, in early 2018. In 2025, she was elected President of the IOC, becoming the first woman and first African to do so. Following her election, President

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appointed Gen.

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to replace her as Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation.

Early life

Coventry was born in

on 16 September 1983 to Robert Edwin and Lyn Coventry. She attended the Dominican Convent, a Catholic all-girls private school in Harare.

Swimming career

2000 and 2004 Olympics

In 2000, while still in high school at the Dominican Convent in Harare, Coventry qualified for the

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. She became the first Zimbabwean swimmer to reach the semifinals at the

and was named the country's Sports Woman of the Year. In the games, she broke the Zimbabwean national record twice in the 100 metre backstroke event, and the African continental record in the 200 metre individual medley event; she did not qualify for the final in either event. She qualified for the

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, England, winning gold in the 200 metre individual medley event. She finished with a time of 2:14.53, a Commonwealth Games record. Coventry qualified for her second Olympics, in

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, Greece. She won three medals, including a gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke event; where she broke an African continental record. Coventry won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke event. She finished behind the winner by 0.13 of a second, breaking an African record of 1:00.50. She claimed her bronze medal in the 200 metre individual medley event, breaking an African record of 2:12.72. Her three medals were the only medals won by Zimbabwe in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was their second-highest medal count ever. Coventry also became the nation's first athlete in its history to claim an individual Olympic medal.

College career

As a student at

, United States, Coventry helped lead the Tigers to

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(NCAA) Championships in

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and

. In

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, she was the top individual scorer at the NCAA Championships and captured three individual titles including the 200-yard and 400-yard

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(IM), and the 200-yard

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for the second consecutive season. She was named the College Swimming Coaches Association Swimmer of the Meet for her efforts. Other awards include 2005

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(SEC) Swimmer of the Year, and the 2004–05 SEC Female Athlete of the Year. She was also the recipient of the 2004–05

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for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year. In 2006, she graduated from Auburn with a

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in Hotel and Restaurant Management.

2005 and 2007 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2005 World Championships in

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, Canada, Coventry improved on her 2004 Olympic medal count by winning gold in both the

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and 200 m backstroke and silver in the

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and the 400 m IM. She bettered her Olympic gold-winning 200 m backstroke time with a performance of 2:08.52. She was one of just two swimmers from Zimbabwe along with Warren Paynter. In

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, Australia, at the 2007 World Championships, Coventry won silver medals in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m IM. She was disqualified in the 400 m IM when finishing second to eventual winner

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in her heat. Coventry finished in a disappointing 14th place in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 1:01.73, failing to qualify for the final. She continued her good form of 2007 by winning four gold medals at the International Swim Meet in

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, Japan. She led the way in the 200 m and 400 m IM as well as the 100 m and 200 m backstroke. In the

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, Algeria, Coventry won seven gold and three silver medals.

2008 and 2009 seasons

In 2008, Coventry broke her first world record in the 200 m backstroke at the Missouri Grand Prix. She bettered the mark set by Krisztina Egerszegi in August 1991, the second-oldest swimming world record. Her new record was 2:06:39. Coventry continued her winning streak at the meet by winning the 100 m backstroke and the 200 m IM. Coventry is the third woman in history to break the 1:00 minute barrier in the 100 m backstroke, and the second to break the 59-second barrier. At the 2008 Manchester Short Course World Championships, Coventry broke her second world record, setting a time, whilst winning the gold medal, of 4:26:52 in the 400 m IM. The following day saw Coventry win her second gold medal of the championships in the 100 m backstroke. Her time of 57:10 was a new championship record and the second-fastest time in history in the event. Only

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has swum faster (56:51). Day three of the championships saw Coventry break another championship record in qualifying fastest for the final of the 200 m backstroke. Her time of 2:03:69 was a mere four-tenths of a second outside the current world record set by

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in Tokyo in 2008. Coventry then bettered this time to take her second world record of the championships by winning the final in a time of 2:00:91. She then went on to shatter the short course World Record in winning the 200 m individual medley in 2:06:13. Coventry represented Zimbabwe at the

, China. Coventry won the silver medal in the 400 metre individual medley event on 10 August 2008, becoming the second woman to swim the medley in less than 4:30, the first being

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who won the gold in the same event. Coventry beat the world record by just under two seconds and was only just beaten by Rice to a new world record. Coventry, in the second semi-final of the 100 m backstroke event, set a new world record of 58.77 seconds. However, in the final of that event she was beaten to the gold medal by Natalie Coughlin. Coventry was again beaten by Stephanie Rice in the 200 m individual medley, despite swimming under the former world record. Coventry did defend her Olympic title in the 200 m backstroke, winning gold in a world record time of 2:05.24. She was the country's flag bearer at the

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. She was the lone member of the delegation to medal, helping win Zimbabwe's most medals at the Olympics ever. Awarded US$100,000 by President Mugabe for her success at the Olympics, Coventry gave that money to charity. At the

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, Italy, Coventry won a gold and a silver. She won the 200 m backstroke world title with a world record time and came second in the 400 m individual medley. She came fourth in the 200 m individual medley final and eighth in the 100 m backstroke final.

2012 and 2016 Olympics

Coventry qualified for her fourth

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in the

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, England. For the first time since 2000, Coventry did not win a medal. She finished third in her semifinal heat of the 200 m individual medley, just edging her into the final, where she placed 6th with a time of 2:11.13. In the 200 m backstroke, she finished outside medal contention in sixth place with a time of 2:08.18. She was designated the honor of carrying the Zimbabwean flag into the

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for the first time. Previously, Coventry won four gold and four silver medals in the 2015 All-Africa Games in

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, Mozambique. Her fifth and final Olympic appearance came at the

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, Brazil, where she repeated her 6th-place performance in the 200 metre backstroke from 2012, with a time of 2:08.80. She also finished 11th in the 100 metre backstroke. She retired after the 2016 Olympics, where she carried the Zimbabwean flag into the stadium during the

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for the second and final time. In her final

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in 2015, in

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, the Republic of the Congo, Coventry won three golds and one bronze medals.

Political career

On 7 September 2018, nine days before her 35th birthday, Coventry was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in

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's 20-member Cabinet under President

. Her tenure has received criticism from the arts community and others due to perceived inaction and lack of support. Among issues levelled against her was the

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's decision to ban Zimbabwe from hosting national team games in 2020 due to unsafe stadiums. Coventry was accused of having been misallocated farmland by Robert Zhuwao, former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, but was cleared after it was revealed in court that she received a different subdivision of the farm in question and that Zhuwao had abandoned his subdivision. In September 2023, Coventry was re-appointed as Zimbabwe's Minister for Sports, Art and Recreation by Mnangagwa. Amid criticism over her taking a position in Mnangagwa's government, which was elected in contested circumstances that year, she said "I don't think you can stand on the sidelines and scream and shout for change," and that "I believe you have to be seated at the table to try and create it."

IOC presidency

2025 IOC presidential election

On 20 March 2025 at the

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, Coventry became the first woman and the first African to be elected as president of the IOC. Coventry officially became president on 23 June, after incumbent

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stepped down. She won the election on the first ballot, with 49 votes. Coventry's successful election came against six other candidates:

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, Morinari Watanabe, Johan Eliasch, and Prince Faisal bin Hussein. The result of the election was as follows: In 2012, Coventry was elected to the

Athletes' Commission and has served as an IOC member since 2013. In 2023, she became an elected member of the IOC Executive Board. In September 2024, she was announced as one of seven candidates in the running to succeed

as IOC president. Coventry's vision is to restore the

as a beacon of inclusivity and unity, ensuring that the Games are truly for everyone, regardless of their background or birthplace. Coventry's commitment to leveraging sports as a universal connector marks a pivotal moment in the organization's history. Coventry claims to plan to empower athletes and promote social equity to focus on

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and

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. Despite this, she opposes

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and has supported a blanket ban on transgender participation in the Olympics. During her campaign for the IOC presidency, Coventry stated that she supported banning

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women from competition in women's events. She said that "ensuring fairness in women's sport and maintaining the integrity of women's categories is essential." Two weeks after her presidential election, Coventry was warmly welcomed the IOC members received on 7 April 2025 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, then-IOC president Bach, who handed her a bouquet of flowers, and Director General Christophe De Kepper took care of welcoming her, just before posing for a group photo with all those present. On 23 June 2025, Coventry inaugurated as the president of the IOC, following her presidential handover to commemorate the founding of the first modern Olympic Games in 1894.

Personal life

On 10 August 2013, Coventry married Tyrone Seward who had been her manager since 2010. In May 2019, she gave birth to their first child.

Personal bests and appearances

With seven Olympic medals, Coventry is the most decorated Olympian from Africa. At the time of her retirement, she had tied with Krisztina Egerszegi for having won the most individual Olympic medals in women's swimming. This feat has since been surpassed by

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. Coventry competed at five Olympics, from 2000 to 2016. As of 2024, she has won all but one of Zimbabwe's Olympic medals. She was inducted into the

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in 2023.

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