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This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
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She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became captain of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete of the Century" by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Her Olympic victories are credited with helping to eliminate the belief that age and motherhood were barriers to ...
The list of the most famous athletes in the world is dominated by footballers, and no athlete is more famous than Cristiano Ronaldo. In the most recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, Ben Alamar, ESPN ...
One thing to know: Julie Ertz is a two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, having brought home the trophy in 2015 and 2019.The Mesa, Arizona, native is also a two-time US Female Player of the ...
Krisztina Egerszegi won four awards, the most by a female swimmer, while Tamás Darnyi claimed three. [1] The Netherlands have won seven awards, through the efforts of Inge de Bruijn (3) and Pieter van den Hoogenband (4), who led the sprinting world for women and men at the turn of the century. Russian or Soviet swimmers have won seven awards ...
The list of the most famous athletes in the world is dominated by footballers, and no athlete is more famous than one particular Real Madrid player. The 20 most famous athletes in the world Skip ...
After analyzing 600 of the biggest sportsmen and women in the world, ESPN determined the most famous of them all.