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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
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note : Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medal. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova , Aleksandra Fedoriva , Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were awarded the gold medals, however, these were rescinded in 2016 following ...
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
Florence Griffith Joyner. Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner [4] (born Florence Delorez Griffith; [2] December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1980s, she became a popular ...
Women's professional sports are a relatively new phenomenon, having largely emerged within the latter part of the 20th century. Unlike amateur female athletes, professional female athletes are able to acquire an income which allows them to earn a living without requiring another source of income. In international terms, most top female athletes ...
The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, and 2016. [2] Seven American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Shannon Miller (seven), Simone Biles (seven), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and ...
Canada (CAN) Sandrine Mainville Chantal Van Landeghem Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak Michelle Williams. 2020 Tokyo details. Australia (AUS) Bronte Campbell Meg Harris Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson. Canada (CAN) Kayla Sanchez Margaret MacNeil Rebecca Smith Penny Oleksiak Taylor Ruck.
Already famous as Babe Didrikson, she married George Zaharias (1908–1984), a professional wrestler, in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 23, 1938. Thereafter, she was largely known as Babe Didrikson Zaharias or Babe Zaharias. [7] Babe Zaharias Park is located in Beaumont adjacent to her museum.