Kamar yadda Kirty ta ce, zaɓenta “sigina mai ƙarfi” ne mai ƙarfi ga mata a matsayin jagora da kuma kyakkyawar makoma ga motsi na Olympics, wasanni, yawon shakatawa, da zaman lafiya a duniya. Kirty a shirye take ta tunkari mazaje masu wahala a manyan wurare, tana nufin shugaban Amurka Trump da wasannin Olympics a Los Angeles.
Ita ce ‘yar wasan Olympics da ta fi samun nasara a Zimbabwe, bayan da ta samu lambobin yabo bakwai daga cikin takwas da kasar ta samu a kwanan baya. A watan Satumba na 2018, an nada ta ministar matasa, wasanni, fasaha, da nishaɗi na Zimbabwe.
Tana da digirin farko na kimiyyar ɗan adam a otal da sarrafa abinci tare da ƙaramar kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Auburn (Amurka ta Amurka), wanda ya mai da ta ƙwararriyar balaguro da yawon buɗe ido.
Gloria Guevara, wadda ke neman zama mace ta farko a sakatariyar harkokin yawon bude ido ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, ta bayyana yadda zaben Kirty ya zaburar da ita, da kuma yadda wannan zaben ke kara zaburar da mata da dama a fagen wasanni da yawon bude ido, da ma nahiyar Afirka.
An zabe shi zuwa IOC a 2013 a matsayin memba na Hukumar 'Yan Wasan, Coventry an sake zabar shi a matsayin memba na IOC a 2021.
Babu wani dan wasan Afirka da ya samu lambar yabo kamar Coventry a gasar Olympics. Daya daga cikin 'yan wasan baya da suka yi fice a duniya, ta lashe lambobin yabo uku a gasar Olympics ta Athens 2004, ciki har da zinare a tseren mita 200 na mata, da azurfa a tseren mita 100, da tagulla a gasar tseren mita 200. Ta kare kambun tseren baya na mita 200 a birnin Beijing a shekarar 2008, sannan ta kara lambobin azurfa uku.
Ta lashe kofuna uku na dogon lokaci a duniya, gasar tseren mita 100 da 200 a baya a shekarar 2005 da kuma wasanta na musamman, gasar tseren mita 200, a shekarar 2009. Ta kuma lashe lambobin zinare hudu na gajeren zango a gasar cin kofin ninkaya ta duniya ta 2008 FINA (25m).
- Memba na kwamitin Olympics na Zimbabwe (NOC 2013-)
- Mataimakin shugaban kwamitin wasannin Olympic na Zimbabwe (2017-2018, ya sauka daga mukaminsa bayan nada gwamnati)
- Wakilin 'yan wasa na IOC a Hukumar Yaki da Doping ta Duniya (WADA) (2012-2021)
- Memba na kwamitin 'yan wasa na WADA (2014-2021)
- Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙungiyar Surfing na Duniya (ISA) (2016-)
- Memba na kwamitin 'yan wasa na FINA (2017-)
- Ministan Wasanni a Zimbabwe (2018-)
- Wanda ya kafa KCA Swim Academy, wanda ke mai da hankali kan koyan iyo da amincin ruwa ga yara (2016-)
- Co-kafa HEROES, ƙungiyar da ba ta riba ba wacce ke amfani da wasanni don sadar da fasaha mai laushi ga yara masu shekaru 6yrs-13yrs a cikin wuraren da ba su da galihu. Yana ba da maganganun motsa jiki da dakunan shan magani don makarantu da masu tasowa masu tasowa a duniya; yana ba da shawara ga ƙungiyoyi, kasuwanci, tushe, da daidaikun mutane masu sha'awar haɓaka ƙwarewar 'yan wasa da ayyukansu.
An haife shi a ranar 16 ga Satumba 1983, Kirsty ta fafata a wasannin Olympics guda 5: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Fararen Zimbabwe (da White Rhodesians) al'ummar Kudancin Afirka ne 'yan asalin Turai. A cikin harshe, al'adu, da tarihin tarihi, waɗannan mutanen ƙabilar Turai galibinsu 'ya'yan turawa ne na turawan Ingila.
An zabi Kirsty Coventry ta Zimbabwe a yau a matsayin 10th Shugabar kwamitin wasannin Olympics na kasa da kasa (IOC) kuma mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kasa a tarihin IOC, bayan zaben zagaye na 1 a 144th Taron IOC a Costa Navarino, Girka.
Zababben shugaban kasar Coventry ya ce:
"Na yi matukar farin ciki da aka zabe ni a matsayin shugaban kwamitin Olympics na kasa da kasa! Ina so na mika godiyata ga 'yan uwana saboda amincewa da goyon bayan da suka ba ni.
Ina alfahari da kasancewa mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar IOC, kuma na farko daga Afirka. Ina fatan wannan kuri'a za ta zama abin kwazo ga mutane da yawa. Gilashin rufin ya karye a yau, kuma na san cikakken alhakina a matsayin abin koyi.
Wasanni na da karfin da ba zai misaltu ba don hada kai, karfafawa da kuma samar da damammaki ga kowa da kowa, kuma na himmatu wajen tabbatar da cewa mun yi amfani da wannan karfin gwargwadonsa. Tare da dukan iyalin Olympics, ciki har da 'yan wasanmu, magoya bayanmu da masu daukar nauyinmu, za mu gina kan ginshiƙan mu, rungumar kirkire-kirkire, da kuma ɗaukaka dabi'un abokantaka, ƙwarewa da girmamawa. Makomar motsi na Olympics tana da haske, kuma ba zan iya jira in fara ba!"
Kirtsy Coventry:

Bayan zaben shugaban IOC Thomas Bach ya ce:
"Ina taya Kirsty Coventry murnar zaɓenta a matsayin 10th Shugaban IOC. Ina maraba da shawarar da membobin IOC suka yanke kuma ina fatan samun hadin kai mai karfi, musamman a lokacin mika mulki. Ko shakka babu, makomar gwagwarmayar wasannin Olympics tamu tana da haske, kuma dabi'un da muka tsaya a kai za su ci gaba da jagorantar mu cikin shekaru masu zuwa."
Kisty Coventry na fatan zabenta a matsayin mace ta farko kuma shugabar Afirka a kwamitin Olympics na kasa da kasa - ta doke 'yan takara maza shida, ciki har da Lord Coe na Biritaniya - ya aika da "kyakkyawar alama."
Tsohon dan wasan ninkaya mai shekaru 41, wanda ya lashe lambobin zinare biyu na Olympics, ya samu rinjayen kuri'u 49 daga cikin 97 da ake da su a zagayen farko na zaben na ranar Alhamis, yayin da Coe mai kula da wasannin motsa jiki na duniya ya samu nasara takwas kacal.
Bayan zaben, shugaban IOC Thomas Bach ya ce: “Ina taya Kirsty Coventry murna kan zabenta na 10.th Shugaban IOC. Ina maraba da shawarar da membobin IOC suka yanke kuma ina fatan samun hadin kai mai karfi, musamman a lokacin mika mulki. Ko shakka babu, makomar gwagwarmayar wasannin Olympics tamu tana da haske, kuma dabi'un da muka tsaya a kai za su ci gaba da jagorantar mu cikin shekaru masu zuwa."
Ministan wasanni na Zimbabwe Coventry zai maye gurbin Thomas Bach - wanda ya jagoranci IOC tun 2013 - a ranar 23 ga watan Yuni kuma ya kasance shugaban kasa mafi karancin shekaru a tarihin kungiyar na shekaru 130.
Gasar Olympics ta farko ita ce wasannin lokacin sanyi na Milan-Cortina a watan Fabrairun 2026.
"Wannan sigina ce mai ƙarfi sosai, alama ce da ke nuna cewa da gaske muna duniya ne kuma mun ɓullo da wata ƙungiya mai buɗe ido ga bambance-bambancen gaske. Za mu ci gaba da tafiya wannan hanyar nan da shekaru takwas masu zuwa," in ji Coventry.
Wanda ya zo na biyu Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr ya samu kuri’u 28, yayin da David Lappartient na Faransa da Morinari Watanabe na Japan suka samu kuri’u hudu kowanne. Yarima Feisal al Hussein na Jordan da Johan Eliasch na Sweden sun dauki biyu.
Coventry, wanda ya riga ya zauna a kwamitin zartarwa na IOC kuma aka ce shi ne dan takarar Bach, shi ne mutum na 10 da ya rike mukami mafi girma a harkokin wasanni kuma zai kasance a kan mukamin na akalla shekaru takwas masu zuwa.
Coventry ya lashe lambobin yabo bakwai daga cikin takwas na gasar Olympics ta Zimbabwe - ciki har da zinare a tseren mita 200 a duk wasannin 2004 da 2008.
"Yarinyar da ta fara ninkaya a kasar Zimbabwe tsawon wadannan shekaru da suka wuce ba za ta taba yin mafarkin wannan lokacin ba," in ji Coventry.
"Ina fatan wannan kuri'ar za ta zama abin sha'awa ga mutane da yawa. An rushe rufin gilashin a yau, kuma na san cikakken alhakina a matsayin abin koyi."
A yayin jawabin karbarta, Coventry ta bayyana zaben nata a matsayin "lokacin ban mamaki" kuma ta yi alkawarin sanya mambobin IOC su yi alfahari da zabin da suka zaba. Coventry ta yi alkawarin inganta zamani, inganta dorewa, rungumar fasaha, da kuma baiwa 'yan wasa karfin gwiwa a lokacin yakin neman zabenta.
Ta ba da fifiko musamman kan kare wasannin mata. Duk da haka, tana goyon bayan dokar hana mata masu canza jinsi shiga gasar wasannin Olympics ta mata.
"Ina ganin abin da ya fito fili shi ne cewa 'yan wasa da mata musamman mata sun goyi bayanta sosai a zagayen farko, kuma kun san cewa abubuwan suna faruwa a zabuka."
An gudanar da zaben shugaban kasar ne a wani katafaren otel a wani wurin shakatawa na teku mai tazarar kilomita 60 kudu da garin Olympia na kasar Girka, mahaifar tsohuwar wasannin. Mambobin IOC sun mika wayoyinsu kafin a yi zabe a asirce da misalin karfe 14:30 agogon GMT.
Tsarin yaƙin neman zaɓe ya taƙaita ƴan takara zuwa gabatarwa na mintuna 15 a wani taron sirri a watan Janairu. An hana kafofin watsa labarai, kuma membobin sun kasa yin tambayoyi daga baya.
Ba a yarda mambobin su amince da ’yan takara ko sukar ’yan takara masu hamayya ba, ma’ana yin fage a bayan fage ya taka muhimmiyar rawa.
Rasha na fatan nasarar Coventry za ta kai ta ga dawowar ta daga gudun hijirar wasanni. Tun shekarar 2016 'yan wasan kasar Rasha ba su shiga gasar Olympics karkashin tutarsu ba, biyo bayan badakalar shan kwayoyin kara kuzari da gwamnati ta yi, sannan kuma yakin Ukraine.
Ministan wasanni na Rasha Mikhail Degtyarev, shugaban kwamitin Olympics na Rasha ya rubuta a shafinsa na Telegram cewa "Muna sa ran samun karfi, mai cin gashin kansa, da kuma samar da ci gaba a gasar Olympics karkashin sabon shugaba da kuma Rasha ta dawo fagen wasannin Olympic."
Coventry dai ta fuskanci suka a Zimbabwe a matsayinta na ministar wasanni tun daga shekara ta 2018, amma ta kare alakarta da gwamnatin shugaba Emmerson Mnangagwa mai cike da cece-kuce.
Kutsawar gwamnati a harkar kwallon kafa ya sa Fifa ta haramtawa Zimbabwe shiga wasannin kasa da kasa a shekarar 2022, yayin da a shekarar da ta gabata, Amurka ta kakabawa Mnangagwa da wasu manyan jami'ai takunkumi saboda cin hanci da rashawa da kuma take hakkin dan Adam.