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Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis.
Neku Atawodi-Edun (born 1987), formerly Uneku Saliu-Atawodi, is a Nigerian polo player, [1] equine sports scientist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor. She is one of the few black female polo players in the world, and the first to play professionally.
Although women's flag football is emerging as a collegiate sport, [2] women playing gridiron football at the college level have historically joined men's teams, often (though not exclusively) as placekickers. [3] The following is a list of some of the most notable female American football players.
American sports wouldn't be what they are today without the trailblazing black athletes of years past. From household names like Jackie Robinson to more recent history-makers like Vonetta Flowers ...
Erin Jackson (born September 19, 1992) [1] is an American speed skater, roller derby player, and Olympic gold medalist. Jackson is the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. [2]
For the second year in a row, soccer asserted its place as the most popular sport on Earth, with 3 of the top 10 most famous athletes being footballers. Tennis, golf and basketball were close ...
[20] [21] She became the first female African-American and the first Black wrestler to win Olympic gold, [22] [23] and only the second female American to win gold, after Helen Maroulis in 2016. [24] Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.
Iris Floyd Kyle (born Mildred Carter; [25] August 22, 1974) is an African-Indian American professional female bodybuilder. [26] [27] She is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.