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The Associated Press named her Female Athlete of the Year, while Time magazine nominated her for 2016 Person of the Year. After the Olympics, Biles decided to take some time off before continuing ...
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child 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.
In 2000, Sauvage was named the Female Athlete of the Year in the Sport Australia Awards. [3] In 2000, she was named the "World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability" at the first Laureus Sports Awards held in Monte Carlo. [4] In 1999 and 2000, she was named the International Female Athlete of the Year. [22]
Thompson-Herah is the first ever female sprinter, and the second sprinter after Usain Bolt, to win the "sprint double" at consecutive Olympics, capturing 100 m and 200 m gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and defending both titles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In July 2017, Biles won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete. [200] She is the second gymnast to win this award after Nastia Liukin won it in 2009. [201] In 2017, Simone won the Shorty Awards for the best in sports. [202] At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, Simone won favorite female athlete.
Lindsey Vonn credits her mother, Linda Krohn, who has ALS, for inspiring her strength to overcome adversity during her legendary skiing career. (Mitchell Gunn / Getty Images)
1960 – Captain of the women's section of the Rome Olympic team. 1964 – World Trophy for Australasia (Helms Award) [4] 1965 – Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to athletics in New South Wales [4] 1978–1980 – First female Trustee of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust [41] 1983 – Olympic Order ...
She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and 4×100-meter medley relay.