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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
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.
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%.
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.
Sports Tot. 1 Johnny Weissmuller: M 1924–1928 Swimming • Water polo: 5 0 1 6 2 Paul Radmilovic: M 1908–1920 Swimming • Water polo: 4 0 0 4 Carl Schuhmann: M 1896 Gymnastics • Wrestling: 4 0 0 4 4 Johan Grøttumsbråten: M 1924–1932 Cross-country skiing • Nordic combined: 3 1 2 6 5 / / Anfisa Reztsova: F 1988–1994 Cross-country ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
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Sheila Taormina from the United States and Truus Klapwijk from the Netherlands are the only women to have competed three different sports. [1] Of the athletes who participated in two or more Summer Olympics in two different sports, 49 are Swedish and 23 of them participated in the home Olympics in Stockholm 1912.