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Valloni / News  / NEW IOC PRESIDENT
10 März 2025

NEW IOC PRESIDENT

© IOC/Greg Martin

A new President, to succeed Dr Thomas Bach, will be elected at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will be held in Athens, Greece, from 18-21 March 2025.

The seven contenders are: David Lappartient (France); Morinari Watanabe (Japan); Prince Feisal al Hussein (Jordan); Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr (Spain); Johan Eliasch (Sweden); Lord Sebastian Coe (UK); and Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe).

The question on most people’s minds is: will the IOC depart from tradition in its 130 years’ history and, for the first time, appoint a woman and someone outside Europe and North America?

In view of the increasing part played by women in world sport, this would not only be an appropriate move but also a bold one.

Coventry is a former Olympic swimmer, the Zimbabwe Minister of Sport and 41 years old. If appointed, she would become the youngest ever President of the IOC.

There is not long to wait to find out what happens!

For further information: ‘info@valloni.ch’.