Throughout history, there have been many women athletes who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female athletes such as Cathy Freeman, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Allyson Felix, Valerie Adams.The women athletes featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961, British
Javelin Thrower
Wilma Rudolph23 June 1940, American
Allyson Felix18 November 1985, American
Track and field athlete
Jackie Joyner-Kersee03 March 1962, American
Athlete
Cathy Freeman16 February 1973, Australian
Sprinter
Jessica Ennis-Hill28 January 1986, British
Track & Field Athlete
Valerie Adams06 October 1984, New Zealander
Shot Putter
Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Gail Devers19 November 1966, American
Athlete
Stefka Kostadinova25 March 1965, Bulgarian
Olympic athlete
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Eilish McColgan25 November 1990, Scottish
Athlete
Satcha Pretto05 April 1980, Honduran
Journalist
Anna Chicherova22 July 1982, Armenian
Olympic athlete
Nadia Comaneci12 November 1961, Romanian
Olympic Champion Gymnast
Georgina Bloomberg20 January 1983, American
Equestrian
Lolo Jones05 August 1982, American
Sprinter, Bobsledder, Athletics competitor
Ellen Whitaker05 March 1986, British
Show jumper
Florence Griffith Joyner21 December 1959, American
Sprinter
Allison Stokke22 March 1989, American
Athlete
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Olympic Athlete
Aimee Mullins20 July 1976, American
Athlete
Sagarika Ghatge08 January 1986, Indian
Model
Marion Jones12 October 1975, Belizean, American
Basketball player, Sprinter
P. T. Usha27 June 1964, Indian
Athletics competitor
Mary Lou Retton24 January 1968, American
Artistic gymnast
Dominique Moceanu30 September 1981, American
Artistic gymnast
Alina Kabaeva12 May 1983, Uzbekistan, Russian
Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic
Kelly Holmes19 April 1970, British
Middle-distance runner
Dominique Dawes20 November 1976, American
Artistic gymnast
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Shannon Miller10 March 1977, American
Artistic gymnast, Lawyer
Paula Radcliffe17 December 1973, British
Marathon runner, Long-distance runner, Athletics
Rachel Homan05 April 1989, Canadian
Curler
Christine Sinclair12 June 1983, Canadian
Association football player
Svetlana Khorkina19 January 1979, Russian
Politician, Artistic gymnast
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce27 December 1986, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Aliya Mustafina30 September 1994, Russian
Artistic gymnast
Sadako Sasaki07 January 1943, Japanese
Delilah DiCrescenzo07 February 1983, American
Athletics competitor
Katarina Johnson-Thompson09 January 1993, British
Athletics competitor
Misty May-Treanor30 July 1977, American
Volleyball player, Beach volleyball player
Yelena Isinbayeva03 June 1982, Russian
Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor
Kerri Walsh Jennings15 August 1978, American
Volleyball player, Beach volleyball player
Picabo Street03 April 1971, American
Olympic athlete
Michelle Jenneke23 June 1993, Australian
Hurdler, Athletics competitor, Model
Nicola Adams26 October 1982, British
Boxer
Rebecca Adlington17 February 1989, British
Swimmer
Debi Thomas25 March 1967, American
Figure skater
Zola Budd26 May 1966, South African
Middle-distance runner, Marathon runner
Victoria Pendleton24 September 1980, British
Track cyclist, Sport cyclist, Autobiographer,
Simone Manuel02 August 1996, American
American olympic athlete
Dafne Schippers15 June 1992
Athletics competitor
Merlene Ottey10 May 1960, Jamaican, Slovenian
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Suzy Favor Hamilton08 August 1968, American
Athletics competitor, Call girl
Carmelita Jeter24 November 1979, American
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Sara McMann24 September 1980, American
Mixed martial artist, Amateur wrestler
Denise Lewis27 August 1972, British
Athletics competitor
Ibtihaj Muhammad04 December 1985, American
fencer
Charlotte Dujardin13 July 1985, British
Dressage rider
Deepika Kumari13 June 1993, Indian
archer
Mary Decker04 August 1958, American
Long-distance runner, Middle-distance runner,
Anna Meares21 September 1983, Australian
Sport cyclist
Florence Griffith-Joyner21 December 1959, American
American track and field athlete
Nova Peris25 November 1971, Australian
field hockey player, athletics competitor,
Tirunesh Dibaba01 June 1985, Ethiopian
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
Cătălina Ponor20 August 1987, Romanian
Artistic gymnast
Kaetlyn Osmond05 December 1995, Canadian
Figure skater
Sally Pearson19 September 1986, Australian
Athletics competitor
Amy Williams29 September 1982, British
Skeleton racer
Marita Koch18 February 1957, German
Athlete
Veronica Campbell-Brown15 May 1982, Jamaican
Sprinter
Alice Coachman09 November 1923, American
American olympic athlete
Genzebe Dibaba08 February 1991, Ethiopian
Long-distance runner, Middle-distance runner,
Anjali Bhagwat05 December 1969, Indian
Sport shooter
Blanka Vlašić08 November 1983, Croatian
Athlete
Simona de Silvestro01 September 1988, Swiss
Racecar driver
Evelyn Ashford15 April 1957, American
American olympic athlete
Tatyana McFadden21 April 1989, American
Cross-country skier, Athletics competitor
He Kexin01 January 1992, Chinese
Artistic gymnast
Grete Waitz01 October 1953, Norwegian
Marathon runner, Long-distance runner, Athletics
Magdalena Neuner09 February 1987, German
German biathlete
Christine Ohuruogu17 May 1984, British
Writer, Sprinter
Fanny Blankers-Koen26 April 1918, Netherlands Antilles, Dutch
Athlete
Cristina Neagu26 August 1988, Romanian
Handball player
Darya Domracheva03 August 1986, Belarusian
Biathlete
Natalie Spooner17 October 1990, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Athina Onassis Roussel29 January 1985, French
Santhi Soundarajan17 April 1981, Indian
middle-distance runner
Marie-José Pérec09 May 1968, Guadeloupean
Foekje Dillema18 September 1926, Dutch
athletics competitor
Wang Shixian13 February 1990
Badminton player