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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
Name Sport Event Date Gold: Tom Dolan: Swimming: Men's 400 meter individual medley: July 21 Gold: Ryan Berube Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Jon Olsen* Brad Schumacher: Swimming: Men's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay: July 21 Gold: Amy Van Dyken: Swimming: Women's 100 meter butterfly: July 21 Gold: Beth Botsford: Swimming: Women's 100 meter backstroke ...
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.
[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]
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.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
That, of course, helped kickstart her historic gymnastics career and put her among the most famous American Olympians of all time. Biles won the individual all-around title and won gold on the ...
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...