Kirsty Coventry elected first female IOC president in stunning single ballot election

[GBModerator]

Only a single vote was required to choose the IOC's 10th president despite predictions for a drawn-out multi-ballot election

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[AustralianFan]

Was the best news of the week.

The IOC Membership passed the baton to Kirsty Coventry with a majority in the first voting round.

First Woman IOC President.  First African IOC President.  Great at engaging with people and communicating.

Bravo Kirsty Coventry.

[baron-pierreIV]

/\/\  Also, youngest ever.
First person from the southern hemisphere to ascend to that job.  (The UN Secretary-General has had Perez de Cuellar from Peru & the Papacy currently has Francis I from Buenos Aires. So, Kirsty completes the informal trifecta of "world leader" positions -- well, aside from Misses World, Universe, International, Globe, Earth, etc. etc.  🤪 )

[Sir Rols]

1 hour ago, baron-pierreIV said:

/\/\  Also, youngest ever.

No. That was the original, your chère grand pere, Pierre de Coubertin, who was much younger, 33, when he became IOC president in 1896.

Edited March 23 by Sir Rols

[sebastien1214]

3 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

So, Kirsty completes the informal trifecta of "world leader" positions

All that's missing is the first American president born in the Southern Hemisphere.

(But good luck finding someone from American Samoa who ends up becoming president.)

[baron-pierreIV]

1 hour ago, Sir Rols said:

No. That was the original, your chère grand pere, Pierre de Coubertin, who was much younger, 33, when he became IOC president in 1896.

Of course, Pardone moi!  How could I forget?  Well, first, youngest femme  then.  

[baron-pierreIV]

14 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

All that's missing is the first American president born in the Southern Hemisphere.

(But good luck finding someone from American Samoa who ends up becoming president.)

Well, according to the deranged current occupant -- wouldn't Barack Obama have fulfilled that?