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Sanya Richards-Ross - 5 Olympic medals. Fanny Blankers-Koen - 4 Olympic medals. Betty Cuthbert - 4 Olympic medals. Cathy Freeman - 2 Olympic medals in running. Kim Gevaert - sprint runner. Florence Griffith Joyner - 5 Olympic medals. Wilma Glodean Rudolph - 4 Olympic medals in athletics. Kelly Holmes - 3 Olympic medals in middle distance ...
The Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) was a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981. The league is generally considered to be the first American professional women's basketball league to be founded.
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner[ a] ( née Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. [ 5] At the same Games ( 1976 Summer Olympics in ...
1876 – In the first women's boxing match held in the United States, Nell Saunders defeated Rose Harland. Her prize was a silver butter dish. [ 15] 1882 – The YWCA of Boston sponsored the first ever athletic games for women. [ 15] 1884 – Maud Watson, of England, won the first Ladies' Singles title at Wimbledon .
Nicole Yeargin. Amber Anning. Yemi Mary John *. Hannah Kelly *. Jodie Williams *. Lina Nielsen *. Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000. nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004.
All-time tennis records – Women's singles. This article covers the period 1884 to present. Before the beginning of the Open era in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tennis tournaments, including the four Grand Slams. Wimbledon, the oldest of the majors, was founded in 1877, followed by the US Open in 1881, the ...
The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World. The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World is an annual global ranking of the best female footballers. The list was started by The Offside Rule podcast in 2016. Since 2018 it has also been published in association with the British newspaper The Guardian who have published the male equivalent since ...
In 1876, the first women's boxing match was held in the United States. In this match Nell Saunders defeated Rose Harland. Her prize was a silver butter dish. [ 127] Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1904, in St. Louis.