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List of notable Australian sportswomen.List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, [1] Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized through public opinion lists. [2]
Sprinters Edith Robinson (left) and Eileen Wearne won Australian Championships in the 1930s. Australian Athletics Championships for women have been conducted since 1930. [1]At the first national championships, only 3 events (100 yards, 80 metres hurdles, and High Jump) were contested, but the programme has since expanded to include the full track and field programme.
Australian female badminton players (43 P) Australian female baseball players (7 P) Australian women's basketball players (1 C, 258 P) Australian women's beach volleyball players (21 P) Australian female biathletes (3 P) Australian female bobsledders (7 P) Australian female bodybuilders (8 P) Australian female bowls ...
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Australian female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1956. [2] A total of 48 female gymnasts have represented Australia. Australian women have not won any medals at the Olympics. [3] Lisa Skinner is the only Australian female gymnast who has competed ...
Women's sport in Australia. Women's sport in Australia started in the colonial era. Sport made its way into the school curriculum for girls by the 1890s. World War II had little impact on women's sport in the country. After the war, women's sport diversified as a result of new immigrants to the country. In the 1990s, the percentage of media ...
The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. [1] The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser the first female inductee. [1] In 1989, the Hall of Fame was expanded to include associate members ...
Pages in category "Australian female tennis players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 280 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first women's national athletics body designed to govern the sport in Australia was founded in 1932 and was called the Australian Women's Amateur Athletic Union. It was designed to oversee state organisations in Victoria (1929), Queensland (1921), New South Wales (1932) and South Australia. (1932) [3] The first Australian woman to travel ...