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Women first competed at the Olympic Games in 1900, with an increased programme available for women to enter from 1924. [9] Prior to 1936, sex verification may have been done ad hoc, but there were no formal regulations; [2] the existence of intersex people was known about, though, and the Olympics began "dealing with" – acknowledged and sought to regulate [1] – intersex athletes ahead of ...
Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Mildred Ella " Babe " Didrikson Zaharias ( / zəˈhɑːriəs /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional ...
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 ...
Favorinus of Arelate (c. 80 – c. 160 AD), a Roman sophist and philosopher who flourished during the reign of Hadrian. Fernanda Fernández (1755–unknown), Spanish intersex person. Sir Ewan Forbes (1912–1991), UK noble, formerly Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and 11th Baronet of Craigievar.
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 ...
4x400 m mixed. Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals [ 4] and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 World Championships, where she ...
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
Katarina Witt ( German pronunciation: [ˈkataʁiːna vɪt], audio ⓘ; born 3 December 1965) is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. [ 1] Her Laureus profile states that "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic ...