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Mawdsley is from Newport, County Tipperary where she attended St. Mary's school. [ 3] She is a graduate of sociology from the University of Limerick. [ 4][ 5] Mawdsley started competing in athletics as a child. Early in her career, she competed primarily in the 200 m and also in the 100 m.
Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky ( / ləˈdɛki / lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) [ 6] is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated ...
Laura Muir ( / mjʊər /; born 9 May 1993) [ 1][ 2] is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [ 3] Muir won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships, and has three other top five placings in ...
The best athletes from around the world twist, contort, jump and dive in ways most of us couldn't even imagine. Mix in the backdrop of one of the world's most iconic cities in Paris and its ...
In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25) [15] and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World's Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41). [16] Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.
The same index showed the ratio of women to men to be 7 to 10. 213 total female athletes participated. [138] In total, approximately 60% of Chinese Olympic gold medals were earned by female athletes over the last 8 Olympic games. [139] Challenges to equality remain such as media representation.
Olympic Games. The rate of participation of women in the Olympic Games has been increasing since their first participation in 1900. Some sports are uniquely for women, others are contested by both sexes, while some older sports remain for men only. Studies of media coverage of the Olympics consistently show differences in the ways in which ...
Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as in the sprint events and mainly specialises in the 400 m.. She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record.