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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
While sports which involve female participation are often collectively called, "women's sports", the overwhelming majority are not, and are in fact "female variants" a.k.a. "the female equivalent" of sports which were first played by and popularized by men and boys, making these two sporting groups distinct.
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.
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 ...
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Bad pick-up lines might work every now and then, but these sports-related ones are enough to make any girl cringe. Our favorite? "Is your name Karl-Anthony Towns? Because you look like my first ...
This is a list of the women's doubles tennis champions at the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA championships, the Olympic Games, and the WTA Tier I/Premier (Premier Mandatory and Premier 5)/1000 tournaments since 1990.