Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventryis a Zimbabwean swimmer and former world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a silver, and a bronze, while in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she won four medals: a gold and three silver. She was subsequently described by Paul Chingoka, head of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, as "our national treasure". Zimbabwean...
NationalityZimbabwean
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth16 September 1983
CountryZimbabwe