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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
The Associated Press followed up its 1950 declaration fifty years later by voting Zaharias the Woman Athlete of the 20th Century in 1999. In 2000, Sports Illustrated magazine also named her second on its list of the Greatest Female Athletes of All Time, behind the heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee. She is also in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
[324] [325] The U.S. Olympic team had more women than men for the first time — 269 female athletes to 261 men. [325] 2012 - Women were allowed to competitively box for the first time at the Olympics during the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London, producing the world's first 12 female Olympic medalist boxers.
In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box.
Canadian Ian Millar in a 2007 picture. At London 2012 he participated in a record 10th Olympics. Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 949 athletes [1] (648 men [2] and 301 women [3]) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated ...
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...
This is a list of female artistic gymnasts who have been on the United States national team. The national team includes two age divisions. Only gymnasts 16 and older are eligible for the senior national team, from which Olympic and World Championship rosters are chosen. The junior national team is composed of gymnasts younger than 16.
The same index showed the ratio of women to men to be 7 to 10. 213 total female athletes participated. [144] In total, approximately 60% of Chinese Olympic gold medals were earned by female athletes over the last 8 Olympic games. [145] Challenges to equality remain such as media representation.