Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first woman to lead the organization.

By Ossian Shine, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.

The 41-year-old Coventry, a native of Zimbabwe, is the first female president in the more than 100-year history of the IOC. After receiving 49 of 97 votes cast at the 144th IOC session on Thursday in Greece, she will officially take over from current president Thomas Bach on June 23.