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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
While sports which involve female participation are often collectively called, "women's sports", the overwhelming majority are not, and are in fact "female variants" a.k.a. "the female equivalent" of sports which were first played by and popularized by men and boys, making these two sporting groups distinct.
1987 – The [American] National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honor the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.
The prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and Canada serve as the pinnacle of women's athletic competition in North America. The United States is home to the vast majority of professional women's leagues. In North America, the top women's leagues feature both team sports and individual athletes.
Charlotte Cooper. The first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. [3] Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
1 5 13 Fritz Hofmann: M 1896 Gymnastics • Athletics: 2 1 1 4 14 Heikki Hasu: M 1948–1952 Cross-country skiing • Nordic combined: 2 1 0 3 Morris Kirksey: M 1920 Athletics • Rugby union: 2 1 0 3 Walter Winans: M 1908–1912 Art competitions • Shooting: 2 1 0 3 / Alfréd Hajós: M 1896–1924 Art competitions • Swimming: 2 1 0 3 18 ...
Bad pick-up lines might work every now and then, but these sports-related ones are enough to make any girl cringe. Our favorite? "Is your name Karl-Anthony Towns? Because you look like my first ...
Kateřina Siniaková, currently ranked No. 1 in women's doubles. The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association 's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most WTA rankings points.