There is Kirsty Coventry, the Zimbabwean swimmer and most decorated African Olympic athlete in history, with seven medals to her name. There is royalty in Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan.

This combination of pictures created on January 30, 2025 shows candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (FROM TOP L) Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Johan Eliasch ...

The candidates are World Athletics chief and former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe, multiple Olympic swimming gold medallist Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe's sports minister, as well as Spaniard Juan ...

IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., Zimbabwe's Olympic swimming champion and sports minister Kirsty Coventry, World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe and International Gymnastics ...

SWIMMING icon Kirsty Coventry says she sees no problem in being a candidate to become the most powerful person in sport despite being a minister in the Zimbabwean Government. She currently serves ...

The candidates all have impressive resumes; two of them, Briton Sebastian Coe and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, are Olympic gold medalists and have been successful administrators since they retired ...

The candidates all have impressive CVs; two of them, Briton Sebastian Coe and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, are Olympic gold medallists and successful administrators since they retired from ...

Standing against him are Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister and former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry (the sole female candidate), the late former IOC president’s son Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr and ...

The candidates all have impressive CVs; two of them, Briton Sebastian Coe and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, are Olympic gold medallists and successful administrators since they retired from competition.

The candidates include two Olympic gold medalists, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry; the son of a former IOC president, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr; and a member of the royal family of Jordan ...