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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
In the late 1900s Women's Sports started to gain popularity in the media because of their talent in the Olympics. [198] In 1999, women's sports coverage reached an all-time high when it was recorded at 8.7%. It maintained its higher percentages until it reached an all-time low in 2009, decreasing to 1.6%.
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.
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.
Seven players have completed a Career Golden Slam by winning an Olympic gold medal and all four majors during their respective careers: [5] [6] Venus Williams and Serena Williams while paired together, [7] Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková as a team, [8] and individually Pam Shriver, Sara Errani and Gigi Fernández.
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.
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Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), Women's Cricket magazine editor, sportwriter for Wisden, columnist for The Cricketer [13] [14] Alyson Rudd (born 1963), football reporter for The Times [15] Julie Welch (born 1948), first female sportswriter on Fleet Street, covering football [16]