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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
Women first competed at the Olympic Games in 1900, with an increased programme available for women to enter from 1924. [9] Prior to 1936, sex verification may have been done ad hoc, but there were no formal regulations; [2] the existence of intersex people was known about, though, and the Olympics began "dealing with" – acknowledged and sought to regulate [1] – intersex athletes ahead of ...
In 1982, they performed the initial culture of H. pylori and developed their hypothesis on the bacterial cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. [9] It has been claimed that the H. pylori theory was ridiculed by established scientists and doctors, who did not believe that any bacteria could live in the acidic environment of the stomach ...
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 ...
Polish athlete Ewa Kłobukowska, who won the gold medal in women's 4 × 100 m relay and the bronze medal in women's 100 m sprint at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, is the first athlete to fail a gender test in 1967. She was found to have the rare genetic condition of XX/XXY mosaicism and was banned from competing in Olympic and professional ...
Brady, the most famous NFL player out of eight on the list, came in at No. 21, proving that American football still has a ways to go. The NBA's growing global popularity is apparent, with 13 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. South African middle-distance runner (born 1991) Caster Semenya OIB Caster Semenya in 2018 Personal information Nationality South African Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34) Pietersburg, South Africa Alma mater North-West University Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb ...
A big reason why these athletes were so great was because they were built differently. In women’s sport, people are often too busy scrutinizing and questioning stand-out athletes to appreciate them.