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List of notable Australian sportswomen. List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, [ 1 ] Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized through public opinion lists. [ 2 ]
Sprinters Edith Robinson (left) and Eileen Wearne won Australian Championships in the 1930s. Australian Athletics Championships for women have been conducted since 1930. [1]At the first national championships, only 3 events (100 yards, 80 metres hurdles, and High Jump) were contested, but the programme has since expanded to include the full track and field programme.
Nicola Lauren Olyslagers (née McDermott) (born 28 December 1996) is an Australian high jumper. [3] She won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 [4][5] and Paris 2024 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the high jump. Olyslagers is the current high jump Oceanian record holder, and the world champion at the ...
Michelle " Shelly " Jenneke (/ ˈdʒɛnəˌkʌ / JEN-ə-kuh; [1] born 23 June 1993) is an Australian hurdler and model. She won a silver medal for the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Louise Sauvage Sauvage was born in 1973 in Perth, Western Australia, the daughter of Rita (née Rigden) and Maurice Sauvage. Her mother was a Ten Pound Pom from Leicestershire, England, while her father was born in the British colony of Seychelles. She was born with a severe congenital spinal condition called myelomeningocele, which inhibits the function of the lower half of the body, giving ...
Betty Cuthbert. Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert AC, MBE (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017), was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. [1] She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". [2] During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards.
Australia has won 76 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver, and 28 bronze medals. [1] Australian women have won 40 medals: 13 gold, 13 silver, and 14 bronze medals; Australia men have won 36 medals: 8 gold, 14 silver, and 14 bronze medals; Number of female athletes winning medals: 30 [2] Number of male athletes winning medals: 37 [2]
4 × 400 m. 1994 Victoria. 4 × 100 m. Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. [2] Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec 's number ...