Monga Kirty ananenera, chisankho chake ndi "chizindikiro champhamvu" champhamvu kwa amayi omwe ali ndi udindo wotsogolera komanso tsogolo labwino la kayendetsedwe ka Olympic, masewera, zokopa alendo, ndi mtendere wapadziko lonse. Kirty ali wokonzeka kuthana ndi amuna ovuta m'malo okwera, ponena za Purezidenti wa US Trump ndi Masewera a Olimpiki ku Los Angeles.
Iye ndi katswiri wa Olympian wochita bwino kwambiri ku Zimbabwe, ndipo wapambana posachedwapa mendulo zisanu ndi ziwiri mwa zisanu ndi zitatu za Olimpiki za dzikolo. Mu Seputembala 2018, adasankhidwa kukhala Nduna ya Achinyamata ku Zimbabwe, Masewera, Zojambula, ndi Zosangalatsa.
Ali ndi bachelor of human science mu kasamalidwe ka hotelo ndi malo odyera ali ndi mwana wabizinesi waku Auburn University (United States of America), zomwe zimamupangitsa kukhala katswiri woyendera ndi zokopa alendo.
Gloria Guevara, yemwe akupikisana kuti akhale mkazi woyamba mlembi wamkulu wa bungwe la United Nations Tourism, adanena kuti chisankho cha Kirty chinali cholimbikitsa kwa iye komanso momwe chisankhochi chikubweretsera chiyembekezo kwa amayi ambiri padziko lonse la masewera ndi zokopa alendo, komanso ku Africa.
Wosankhidwa ku IOC mu 2013 ngati membala wa Athletes' Commission, Coventry adasankhidwanso kukhala membala wa IOC mu 2021.
Palibe wothamanga wa ku Africa yemwe wapambana mamendulo ambiri kuposa Coventry pa Masewera a Olimpiki. M'modzi mwa osambira ochita bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi a backstroke ndi medley, adapambana mamendulo atatu pa Masewera a Olimpiki a Athens 2004, kuphatikiza golide mu 200m backstroke ya azimayi, siliva mu backstroke ya 100m, ndi bronze mu 200m medley. Anateteza mutu wa backstroke wa 200m ku Beijing 2008 ndipo adawonjezeranso mendulo zasiliva zitatu pazotsatira zake.
Anapambana maudindo atatu a dziko aatali atali, 100m ndi 200m backstroke mu 2005 ndi zochitika zake zapadera, 200m backstroke, mu 2009. Anapambananso mendulo zinayi zagolide za kosi zazifupi pa 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
- Member of the Zimbabwe National Olympic Committee (NOC 2013-)
- Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Zimbabwe National Olympic Committee (2017-2018, adasiya ntchito atasankhidwa ndi Boma)
- Woimira Wothamanga wa IOC pa World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (2012-2021)
- Membala wa Komiti Yothamanga ya WADA (2014-2021)
- Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa International Surfing Association (ISA) (2016-)
- Membala wa Komiti Yothamanga ya FINA (2017-)
- Minister of Sport in Zimbabwe (2018-)
- Woyambitsa KCA Swim Academy, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kuphunzira kusambira ndi chitetezo m'madzi kwa ana (2016-)
- Co-founder of HEROES, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito masewera kuti lipereke luso lofewa kwa ana azaka zapakati pa 6 mpaka 13 m'madera osauka. Amapereka zokambirana zolimbikitsa ndi zipatala zamasukulu ndikulimbikitsa othamanga padziko lonse lapansi; amalangiza magulu, mabizinesi, maziko, ndi anthu omwe akufuna kukulitsa luso la othamanga ndi ntchito zawo.
Wobadwa pa 16 September 1983, Kirsty adachita nawo masewera asanu a Olimpiki: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
White Zimbabwe (poyamba White Rhodesians) ndi anthu akummwera kwa Africa omwe ndi ochokera ku Europe. Mwa zilankhulo, chikhalidwe, ndi mbiri yakale, anthu awa amitundu yaku Europe nthawi zambiri amakhala mbadwa zolankhula Chingerezi za nzika zaku Britain.
Kirsty Coventry waku Zimbabwe wasankhidwa lero ngati 10th Purezidenti wa International Olympic Committee (IOC) ndi Purezidenti woyamba wamkazi m'mbiri ya IOC, kutsatira voti 1 pa 144.th Msonkhano wa IOC ku Costa Navarino, Greece.
Purezidenti wosankhidwa Coventry adati:
"Ndine wolemekezeka kwambiri komanso wokondwa kusankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti wa International Olympic Committee! Ndikufuna kuthokoza anzanga chifukwa chondikhulupirira komanso kundichirikiza. Mtsikana yemwe adayamba kusambira ku Zimbabwe zaka zonse zapitazo sakanalota za nthawiyi.
Ndine wonyadira kwambiri kukhala Purezidenti woyamba wa IOC wamkazi, komanso woyamba ku Africa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti voti iyi ilimbikitsa anthu ambiri. Denga lagalasi laphwanyidwa lero, ndipo ndikudziwa bwino za udindo wanga monga chitsanzo.
Masewera ali ndi mphamvu zosayerekezeka zogwirizanitsa, kulimbikitsa ndi kupanga mwayi kwa onse, ndipo ndadzipereka kuonetsetsa kuti tikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvuzo mokwanira. Pamodzi ndi banja lonse la Olimpiki, kuphatikiza othamanga athu, mafani ndi othandizira, tidzamanga pamaziko athu olimba, kukumbatira zatsopano, ndikulimbikitsa zikhalidwe zaubwenzi, kuchita bwino komanso ulemu. Tsogolo la Gulu la Olympic Movement ndi lowala, ndipo sindikudikira kuti ndiyambe!”
Kirtsy Coventry:
Pambuyo pa chisankho, Purezidenti wa IOC a Thomas Bach adati:
"Tikuthokoza Kirsty Coventry pa chisankho chake ngati 10th Purezidenti wa IOC. Ndikulandira ndi manja awiri chigamulo cha Mamembala a IOC ndipo ndikuyembekezera mgwirizano wamphamvu, makamaka panthawi ya kusintha. N’zosakayikitsa kuti tsogolo la gulu lathu la Olympic Movement n’lowala ndiponso kuti mfundo zimene timatsatira zipitiriza kutitsogolera m’zaka zikubwerazi.”
Kirsty Coventry akuyembekeza kuti kusankhidwa kwake kukhala purezidenti woyamba wachikazi komanso waku Africa wa International Olympic Committee - kugonjetsa amuna asanu ndi mmodzi, kuphatikiza Lord Coe waku Britain - "kutumiza chizindikiro champhamvu."
Wosambira wakale wazaka 41, yemwe adapambana mendulo ziwiri zagolide pamasewera a Olimpiki, adapeza mavoti 49 mwa 97 omwe adapezeka pachisankho cha Lachinayi, pomwe wamkulu wa World Athletics Coe adapambana asanu ndi atatu okha.
Pambuyo pa chisankho, Purezidenti wa IOC a Thomas Bach adati: "Tikuthokoza Kirsty Coventry pa chisankho chake ngati 10.th Purezidenti wa IOC. Ndikulandira ndi manja awiri chigamulo cha Mamembala a IOC ndipo ndikuyembekezera mgwirizano wamphamvu, makamaka panthawi ya kusintha. N’zosakayikitsa kuti tsogolo la gulu lathu la Olympic Movement n’lowala ndiponso kuti mfundo zimene timatsatira zipitiriza kutitsogolera m’zaka zikubwerazi.”
Nduna ya zamasewera ku Zimbabwe Coventry adzalowa m'malo a Thomas Bach - yemwe watsogolera IOC kuyambira 2013 - pa 23 June ndikukhala purezidenti wachinyamata pazaka 130 za bungweli.
Masewera ake oyamba a Olimpiki adzakhala Milan-Cortina Winter Games mu February 2026.
"Ndi chizindikiro champhamvu kwambiri. Ndi chizindikiro chakuti tilidi padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuti tasintha kukhala gulu lomwe liri lotseguka kwa anthu osiyanasiyana. Tipitiliza kuyenda munjira imeneyi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zikubwerazi," adatero Coventry.
Wopambana wachiwiri Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr adapeza mavoti 28, pomwe David Lappartient waku France komanso Morinari Watanabe waku Japan adapeza mavoti anayi aliyense. Prince Feisal al Hussein waku Jordan ndi Johan Eliasch waku Sweden adatenga awiri.
Coventry, yemwe ali kale pagulu la akuluakulu a IOC ndipo akuti ndi amene amasankhidwa ndi Bach, ndi munthu wa 10 kukhala ndi udindo wapamwamba pazamasewera ndipo akhala paudindo kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zikubwerazi.
Coventry wapambana mamendulo asanu ndi awiri mwa asanu ndi atatu a Olympics a Zimbabwe – kuphatikiza golidi mu 200m backstroke pa Masewera onse a 2004 ndi 2008.
"Mtsikana yemwe adayamba kusambira ku Zimbabwe zaka zonse zapitazo sakanalota nthawi ino," adatero Coventry." Ndine wonyadira kwambiri kukhala purezidenti woyamba wa IOC komanso woyamba ku Africa.
"Ndikukhulupirira kuti votiyi ilimbikitsa anthu ambiri. Matayala a galasi aphwanyidwa lero, ndipo ndikudziwa bwino za udindo wanga monga chitsanzo."
M'mawu ake ovomera, Coventry adafotokoza kusankhidwa kwake ngati "nthawi yodabwitsa" ndipo adalonjeza kuti apangitsa mamembala a IOC kunyadira zomwe adasankha. Coventry adalonjeza kuti adzasintha, kulimbikitsa kukhazikika, kukumbatira ukadaulo, komanso kupatsa mphamvu othamanga pa kampeni yake yachisankho.
Anatsindika kwambiri za kuteteza masewera achikazi. Komabe, akuchirikiza chiletso chabulangete kwa azimayi a transgender kuti asapikisane nawo pamasewera achikazi a Olimpiki.
"Ndikuganiza kuti zomwe zikuwonekeratu ndizakuti othamanga ndi azimayi makamaka adamuthandizira kwambiri mugawo loyamba, ndipo mukudziwa kuti izi zimachitika pamasankho."
Kuvota kwa pulezidenti kunachitika pa hotelo yapamwamba m'mphepete mwa nyanja pafupi ndi mtunda wa makilomita 60 kum'mwera kwa tawuni ya Greece ya Olympia, komwe kunabadwira Masewera akale. Mamembala a IOC adayenera kupereka mafoni awo chisanachitike voti yachinsinsi cha 14:30 GMT.
Kampeniyi idaletsa ofuna kusankhidwa kuti aziwonetsa kwa mphindi 15 pamwambo wachinsinsi mu Januware. Zofalitsa zidaletsedwa, ndipo mamembala sanathe kufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake.
Mamembala sanaloledwe kuvomereza ofuna kupikisana nawo kapena kutsutsa omwe akupikisana nawo, kutanthauza kuti kukopa anthu kumbuyo kunali ndi gawo lofunikira.
Russia ikuyembekeza kuti kupambana kwa Coventry kupangitsa kuti abwerere ku ukapolo wamasewera. Othamanga aku Russia sanachite nawo nawo mpikisano wa Olimpiki pansi pa mbendera yawo kuyambira 2016, kutsatira chisokonezo cha boma komanso nkhondo ku Ukraine.
"Tikuyembekezera gulu lamphamvu, lodziyimira pawokha, komanso lopambana kwambiri la Olimpiki motsogozedwa ndi mtsogoleri watsopano ndikubwerera ku Russia ku malo ochitira masewera a Olimpiki," nduna ya zamasewera ku Russia Mikhail Degtyarev, wamkulu wa Komiti ya Olimpiki yaku Russia, adalemba pa akaunti yake ya Telegraph.
Coventry wakhala akutsutsidwa ku Zimbabwe ngati nduna ya zamasewera kuyambira 2018, koma adateteza mgwirizano wake ndi boma la Purezidenti Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Kulowerera kwa boma pamasewera a mpira kudapangitsa kuti FIFA iletse Zimbabwe kumasewera apadziko lonse lapansi mu 2022, pomwe chaka chatha dziko la United States lidapereka chilango kwa Mnangagwa ndi akuluakulu ena chifukwa cha katangale komanso kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu.
