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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 ...
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
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 However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...
We hope these amazingly talented women's achievements inspire more young women to pursue their dreams, and that the next Olympics will have a new record of female athletes vying for Olympic gold.
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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.
Famous Black athletes who changed their sport’s history. Learn about these 10 famous Black athletes and their greatest achievements, ... record in a semifinal heat of the Olympic women’s 200 ...
Teen Choice Awards – Female Athlete Award; US Open Series Champion; Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1) WTA Player of the Year; ESPN Tennis WTA Player of the Year; ITF Women's Singles World Champion; International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete; 2015. Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year; BET ...