Jacques Rogge (later created The 1st count Rogge) was elected as president of the IOC on 16 July 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow as the successor to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had led the IOC since 1980.

Mar 20, 2025 · Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports, and aged just 41. ... IOC President Thomas Bach, right, greets Kirsty Coventry after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th ...

Mar 20, 2025 · Kirsty Coventry will succeed the ninth IOC President, Thomas Bach, whose 12-year tenure will officially end after Monday 23 June 2025. The President is elected by the IOC Members by secret ballot for a term of eight years.

Mar 20, 2025 · The President-elect was elected Chair of the IOC Athletes Commission in 2018, becoming a member of the IOC Executive Board in the process. The 41-year-old was also the IOC Athlete Representative on the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2012-2021 and a member of WADA's Athlete Committee from 2014-2021.

The current President is Thomas Bach – meet him and his predecessors here. As guardian of the Olympic Games and leader of the Olympic Movement, the vision of the IOC is to build a better world through sport.

Mar 20, 2025 · Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a ...

Mar 20, 2025 · Spain’s Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., whose father was IOC President between 1980 and 2001, came second with 28, in front of World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was on the podium despite ...

Mar 20, 2025 · 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.

Mar 20, 2025 · Zimbabwe's sports minister Coventry will replace Thomas Bach - who has led the IOC since 2013 - on 23 June and be the youngest president in the organisation's 130-year history.

Mar 20, 2025 · Kirsty Coventry laughs during a press conference after she was elected the new IOC president at the International Olympic Committee's 144th session in Costa Navarino, Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025.