This is a landmark moment for the IOC and for world sport as Zimbabwe’s sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee.
Coventry becomes the first woman and first African to hold the role.
Coventry, 41, who won Olympic gold medals, will replace Thomas Bach-who has held the role since 2013.
She is the youngest president in the IOC’s 130 year-history.
Coventry secured an absolute majority of 49 of the 97 votes available in the first round.
Runner-up Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr won 28 votes while Coe secured eight.
France’s David Lappartient and Japan’s Morinari Watanabe earned four votes each, while Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan and Sweden’s Johan Eliasch both took two.
Coventry, who already sits on the IOC executive board and was said to be Bach’s preferred candidate, is the 10th person to hold the highest office in sport and will be in post for at least the next eight years.
IOC election voting results:
Kirsty Coventry 49
Juan Antonio
Samaranch 28
PrinceFeisalAl Hussein 2
David Lappartient 4
Johan Eliasch 2
Lord Sebastian Coe 8
Morinari Watanabe 4
