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American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise.
Women's 50 meter rifle three position: July 30 Gold: Melvin Stewart: Swimming: Men's 200 meter butterfly: July 30 Gold: Janet Evans: Swimming: Women's 800 meter freestyle: July 30 Gold: Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Nicole Haislett* Megan Kleine* Lea Loveless Anita Nall Summer Sanders* Jenny Thompson Janie Wagstaff* Swimming: Women's 4 × 100 meter ...
[3] [4] Latynina has the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history, with 18. She won six medals in each Olympic Games that she competed in, winning the individual all-around titles in 1956 and 1960. [3] Astakhova won two medals in 1956, four medals in 1960, and four medals in 1964. She won the uneven bars golds in 1960 and 1964. [4]
The United States Women's National Team has had several athletes become icons since the 1990s. Most recently, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe have joined the likes of Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach as ...
Not on the Olympic program. 1936 Berlin details Germany (GER) Anita Bärwirth Erna Bürger Isolde Frölian Friedl Iby Trudi Meyer Paula Pöhlsen Julie Schmitt Käthe Sohnemann Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jaroslava Bajerová Vlasta Děkanová Božena Dobešová Vlasta Foltová Anna Hřebřinová Matylda Pálfyová Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Marie ...
In terms of gold medals, the women of Team USA dominated there too: 26 of the 40 total gold medals were in women's events, with female athletes earning 65% of the U.S.' golds.
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
2016 Rio Olympics. Biles was too young to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, so she had to wait until Brazil four years later. By the time she appeared in those Games, Biles had already won ...