She has now won the February and April Athlete of the Month honours.
The voting for Coventry was nearly unanimous.
Coventry has dominated the international swimming scene.
In February, the 24-year-old swimmer broke the second oldest record in swimming (16 years) when she swam the 200-metre backstroke in a world-record time of 2 minutes 06.39 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix.
And she was duly rewarded for this remarkable achievement by being named the United States Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Month for February for the first time this year.
The award was just the tonic that Coventry needed as she prepared for the Fina World Short-course Championships in Manchester, England, in April.
In Manchester, Coventry was just like a ball of fire as she, amongother notable achievements, broke the world’s oldest short-course record.
Setting her third world mark and winning her fourth gold medal, Coventry swam the 200-metre individual medley in 2:06.13, shattering American Allison Wagner’s 14-year-old mark of 2:07.79.
Apart from setting three world records in Manchester, Coventry also came out with a five-medal haul  four gold, and one bronze.
And that was good enough to earn her the special award of Best Female Swimmer at the end of the five-day championships in Manchester.
Coventry took home the Fina Women’s Trophy and it was the second time in her illustrious career that she has won this special award.
Post published in: Zimbabwe Sports News