List of sportswomen

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.

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Helene Mayer

American football

Archery

Athletics

Veronica Campbell-Brown - 7 Olympic medals
Allyson Felix - 6 Olympic medals
Evelyn Ashford - 5 Olympic medals
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 running
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 6 Olympic medals in athletics
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - sprint runner, world 100-m & 200-m champion
Tamara Press - 6 world records (shot put & discus throw); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus)
Irina Press - sprint runner, 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
Paula Radcliffe - long distance runner
Bobbie Rosenfeld - runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)
Joan Benoit Samuelson - Olympic medal in marathon running
Helen Stephens - 2 Olympic medals in athletics
Shirley Strickland - 7 Olympic medals
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 6 Olympic medals
Irena Szewińska - sprinter & long jumper, 7 Olympic medals; world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m)
Grete Waitz - marathon running
Fatima Whitbread - 2 Olympic medals in javelin throw
Bärbel Wöckel - 4 Olympic medals
Joanna Zeiger - triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World champion; world record (half ironman)

Basketball

See also: Category:Women's National Basketball Association

Sue Bird, 3x Olympic champion, 4x WNBA All-Star
Tamika Catchings, 2x Olympic champion, 2x WNBA MVP
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Olympic champion
Shay Doron, WNBA
Lauren Jackson, 3x WNBA MVP
Nancy Lieberman, WNBA, Olympic silver
Lisa Leslie, 4x Olympic champion, 3x WNBA MVP
Cheryl Miller, Olympic champion
Candace Parker, 2x WNBA MVP
Katie Smith, 3x Olympic champion
Dawn Staley, 3x Olympic champion
Sheryl Swoopes, 3x Olympic champion, 3x WNBA MVP
Diana Taurasi, Olympic champion, WNBA MVP

Field hockey

Luciana Aymar - 4 Olympic medals
Minke Booij - 3 Olympic medals
Giselle Kañevsky - Olympic medal
Natascha Keller - Olympic medal
Maartje Paumen - 2 Olympic gold medals
Fanny Rinne - Olympic medal

Figure skating

Mao Asada
Oksana Baiul - Olympic champion and World Champion
Sasha Cohen - reigning US Figure Skating Champion & Olympic silver
Peggy Gale Fleming
Dorothy Stuart Hamill
Sarah Hughes - Olympic champion
Kim Yuna
Lily Kronberger - 4x World Champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Emilia Rotter - 4x World Champion
Irina Slutskaya - 2x World Champion
Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi

Golf

Amy Alcott - 5 LPGA majors
Patty Berg - 15 LPGA majors
Pat Bradley - 6 LPGA majors
Juli Inkster - 7 LPGA majors
Betsy King - 6 LPGA majors
Nancy Lopez - 3 LPGA majors
Betsy Rawls - 8 LPGA majors
Patty Sheehan - 6 LPGA majors
Annika Sörenstam - 10 LPGA majors
Louise Suggs - 11 LPGA majors
Karrie Webb - 7 LPGA majors
Kathy Whitworth - 6 LPGA majors
Michelle Wie - 1 LPGA major
Mickey Wright - 13 LPGA majors
Sebastian Burton - 1 LPGA majors

Gymnastics

Estella Agsteribbe - Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
Polina Astakhova - 10 Olympic medals
Valery Belenky - Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
Věra Čáslavská - 11 Olympic medals
Nadia Comăneci - 9 Olympic medals
Ágnes Keleti - 10 Olympic medals
Olga Korbut - 6 Olympic medals
Kezia Bates - 100x Olympic champion (all around, team, solo)
Larisa Latynina - 18 Olympic medals
Tatiana Lysenko - 3 Olympic medals in gymnastics
Mary Lou Retton - 5 Olympic medals
Yelena Shushunova - 2x Olympic champion (all-around, team)

Ice hockey

Martial arts

Laila Ali - boxing
Gina Carano - mixed martial arts
Hagar Finer - WIBF bantamweight boxing champion
Megumi Fujii - mixed martial arts
Cristiane Justino - mixed martial arts
Daniela Krukower - World Judo Champion
Christy Martin - boxing
Elaina Maxwell - mixed martial arts
Ronda Rousey - mixed martial arts
Miesha Tate - mixed martial arts

Motorsport

Janet Guthrie - 11th at Indianapolis 500
Jutta Kleinschmidt - Dakar Rally winner
Ellen Lohr - DTM race winner
Elena Myers - AMA Supersport race winner
Michèle Mouton - World Rally Championship runner-up
Shirley Muldowney - NHRA champion
Danica Patrick - IndyCar race winner
Angelle Sampey - NHRA champion
Laia Sanz - Trial world champion
Lyn St. James - 9th at Indianapolis 500
Desiré Wilson - World Sportscar Championship race winner

Skiing

Marit Bjørgen - 10 Olympic medals
Yuliya Chepalova - 6 Olympic medals
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 7 Olympic medals
Galina Kulakova - 8 Olympic medals
Larisa Lazutina - 7 Olympic medals
Raisa Smetanina - 10 Olympic medals
Yelena Välbe - 7 Olympic medals
Lyubov Yegorova - 9 Olympic medals

Soccer

Swimming

Rebecca Adlington - 4 Olympic medals
Inge de Bruijn - 8 Olympic medals
Krisztina Egerszegi - 7 Olympic medals
Dawn Fraser - 8 Olympic medals
Jenny Thompson - 12 Olympic medals
Stephanie Rice - 3 Olympic medals
Keena Rothhammer - Olympic champion (800-m freestyle) and world champion (200-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame
Éva Székely - 2 Olympic medals
Dara Torres - 12 Olympic medals
Amy Van Dyken - 6 Olympic medals
"Paula Martín Borderías - 16 Olympic medals
Debbie Meyer - 3 Olympic Gold medals. 200,400,800 freestyle 1968. 15 individual World Records.

Tennis

Victoria Azarenka - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
Jennifer Capriati - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
Margaret Court - 24 Grand Slam singles titles
Lindsay Davenport - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
Evonne Goolagong - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
Steffi Graf - 22 Grand Slam singles titles
Helen Jacobs - world singles ranking # 1
Billie Jean King - 12 Grand Slam singles titles
Ilana Kloss - world doubles ranking # 1
Martina Navratilova - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
Justine Henin - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
Martina Hingis - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
Monica Seles - 9 Grand Slam singles titles
Maria Sharapova - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
Agnieszka Radwańska - world singles ranking # 2
Arantxa Sánchez - 4 Grand Slam singles titles
Chris Evert - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
Monica Seles - 9 Grand Slam singles titles
Venus Williams - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
Serena Williams - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
Caroline Wozniacki - world singles ranking # 1
Li Na - 2 Grand Slam singles titles

Other sports

Josée Auclair - explorer
Ann Bancroft - explorer
Kajsa Bergqvist - high jumping
Bonnie Kathleen Blair Speedskater
Susan Butcher - sled dog musher
Ann Calvello - roller derby
Zefania Carmel - world champion yachtsman
Rebekah Colberg - Olympic medals in discus and javelin throw
Ellen van Dijk - world road and track cycling champion
Jennie Finch - Softball
Vonetta Flowers - Olympic medal in bobsleigh
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi - slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)
Sue Sally Hale - Legendary American Polo Pioneer, broke the gender barrier in Polo.
Liz Heaston - first woman to play and score in a college football game
Emily Jacobson - saber fencer
Sada Jacobson - US saber fencer, ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver
Shawn Johnson - 4 Olympic medals in gymnastics
Malia Jones - surfing
Michelle Kwan - Ice Skating
Debbie Lee - Australian rules football
Ann Penelope Marston - archery
Helene Mayer - foil fencer, Olympic champion
Maria Mazina - épée fencer, Olympic champion
Leah Neuberger - 29x US table tennis champion
Ellen Osiier - foil fencer, Olympic champion
Ellen Preis - foil fencing, 3x world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17x Austrian champion
Judit Polgár - chess
Ellen Preis - foil fencer, Olympic champion and 3-time world champion
Libby Riddles - sled dog musher
Angelica Rozeanu - 17x table tennis world champion, Hall of Fame
Anna Sipos - 11x world table tennis champion, Hall of Fame
Joan Weston - roller derby