Who is new Olympics chief Kirsty Coventry and where does she stand on trans rights?
Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been awarded the top job at the international sporting body, becoming the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its history.
After being voted in, and beating six men to the post, she said: “The young girl who first started swimming in Zimbabwe all those years ago could never have dreamt of this moment. Glass ceilings have been shattered today.”
Coventry was born in the newly-independent Zimbabwe in 1983 and started swimming at an early age, competing in her first Olympics in 2000.
She later won Gold in the 200-meter backstroke twice, both in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games and five additional medals at both Games.
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