List of sportswomen
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This is a list of female athletes, alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen.
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- Estella Agsteribbe, Olympic gymnastics champion (team combined exercises)
- Michelle Akers soccer
- Amy Alcott, World Golf Hall of Fame
- Josée Auclair
- Mao Asada
- Yael Averbuch, soccer
- Angela Bailey
- Oksana Baiul, figure skater, Olympic champion and World Champion
- Ann Bancroft
- Valery Belenky, Olympic gymnastics champion (team combined exercises)
- Joan Benoit Samuelson
- Kajsa Bergqvist
- Sue Bird, US, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 4x All-Star (Seattle Storm)
- Bonnie Kathleen Blair Speedskater
- Shannon Boxx
- Susan Butcher
- Ann Calvello
- Zefania Carmel, world champion yachtsman
- Brandi Chastain Soccer
- Jennifer Capriati
- Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, reigning US Figure Skating Champion & Olympic silver
- Rebekah Colberg
- Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics
- Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" basketball guard (New York Liberty)
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- Joy Fawcett
- Jennie Finch Softball
- Hagar Finer, WIBF bantamweight boxing champion
- Peggy Gale Fleming Figure Skating
- Vonetta Flowers
- Julie Foudy Soccer
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)
- Cathy Freeman
- Kim Gevaert
- Missy Giove
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Olympic 2x gymnastics champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises)
- Janet Guthrie, Race Car driver (first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500)
- Dorothy Stuart Hamill
- Mia Hamm Soccer
- Liz Heaston, first female athlete to play and score in a college football game
- Kelly Holmes
- Sarah Hughes, figure skater, Olympic champion
- Ana Ivanović
- Helen Jacobs, tennis, highest world singles ranking # 1
- Emily Jacobson, US saber fencer
- Sada Jacobson, US saber fencer, ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Shawn Johnson
- Malia Jones
- Marion Jones Track and Field
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- Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, field hockey Olympic bronze
- Ágnes Keleti, 5x Olympic gymnastics champion (2-time floor exercises, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus)
- Kim Yu-Na, figure skater
- Billie Jean King Tennis
- Ilana Kloss, tennis doubles, highest world doubles ranking # 1
- Olga Korbut Gymnastics
- Lily Kronberger, figure skater, 4x World Champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
- Daniela Krukower, World Judo Champion
- Michelle Kwan Ice Skating
- Debbie Lee
- Nancy Lieberman, Hall of Fame basketball
- Kristine Lilly Soccer
- Lisa Leslie Basketball
- Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA player, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame
- Tatiana Lysenko, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises)
- Shannon MacMillan
- Kate Markgraf
- Ann Penelope Marston
- Helene Mayer, foil fencer, Olympic champion
- Maria Mazina, épée fencer, Olympic champion
- Tiffeny Milbrett
- Cheryl Miller Basketball
- Heather Mitts
- Shirley Muldowney Dragracing Driver
- Elena Myers Motorcycle racer
- Leah Neuberger, 29x US table tennis champion
- Heather O'Reilly
- Ellen Osiier, Denmark (foil), Olympic champion fencer
- Cindy Parlow
- Candace Parker Basketball
- Danica Patrick Race Car Driver
- Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion
- Ellen Preis, Austria (foil), 3x world champion fencer (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17x Austrian champion
- Irina Press, 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
- Tamara Press, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus)
- Judit Polgár
- Ellen Preis, foil fencer, Olympic champion and 3-time world champion
- Morgan Pressel, US, LPGA Tour golfer
- Cat Reddick
- Mary Lou Retton Gymnastics
- Manon Rhéaume Hockey
- Stephanie Rice Swimming
- Libby Riddles
- Bobbie Rosenfeld, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)
- Keena Rothhammer, Olympic swimming champion (800-m freestyle) and world champion (200-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Emilia Rotter, pair skater, 4x World Champion
- Angelica Rozeanu, 17x table tennis world champion, Hall of Fame
- Wilma Glodean Rudolph
- Paula Radcliffe
- Angela Ruggiero Hockey
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Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
- Briana Scurry
- Monica Seles Tennis
- Maria Sharapova
- Yelena Shushunova, 2x Olympic gymnastics champion (all-around, team)
- Anna Sipos, 11x world table tennis champion, Hall of Fame
- Irina Slutskaya, figure skater, 2x World Champion
- Annika Sörenstam
- Sheryl Swoopes Basketball
- Helen Stephens
- Éva Székely, Olympic swimming champion (200-m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Irena Szewińska, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m); 3x Olympic champion (4x100-m, 200-m, 400-m)
- Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion (400-m freestyle relay, 4x100-m freestyle relay twice, 4x100-m medley relay)
- Aly Wagner
- Grete Waitz
- Abby Wambach
- Joan Weston
- Fatima Whitbread
- Michelle Wie Golf
- Venus Williams Tennis
- Serena Williams Tennis
- Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi Figure Skating
- Joanna Zeiger, triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World champion; world record (half ironman)
[edit] See also
- Women's sports
- Women's National Team
- Women's professional sports
- Major women's sport leagues in North America
- International Women's Sports Hall of Fame
- Category:Women's association football
- Women's football around the world (lists FIFA women's national teams and others)
- Women's Soccer
- United States women's national soccer team
- Women's Australian rules football
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
- Category:Women's National Basketball Association
- List of female American football players
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