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.
Allyson Felix18 November 1985, American
Track and field athlete
Jessica Ennis-Hill28 January 1986, British
Track & Field Athlete
Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Jackie Joyner-Kersee03 March 1962, American
Athlete
Wilma Rudolph23 June 1940, American
Cathy Freeman16 February 1973, Australian
Sprinter
Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961, British
Javelin Thrower
Valerie Adams06 October 1984, New Zealander
Shot Putter
Gail Devers19 November 1966, American
Athlete
Stefka Kostadinova25 March 1965, Bulgarian
Olympic athlete
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Eilish McColgan25 November 1990, Scottish
Athlete
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Satcha Pretto05 April 1980, Honduran
Journalist
Anna Chicherova22 July 1982, Armenian
Olympic athlete
Nadia Comaneci12 November 1961, Romanian
Olympic Champion Gymnast
Allison Stokke22 March 1989, American
Athlete
Ellen Whitaker05 March 1986, British
Show jumper
Georgina Bloomberg20 January 1983, American
Equestrian
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Middle-distance runner
Florence Griffith Joyner21 December 1959, American
Sprinter
Mikaela Shiffrin13 March 1995, American
Alpine skier
Sagarika Ghatge08 January 1986, Indian
Model
P. T. Usha27 June 1964, Indian
Athletics competitor
Denise Lewis27 August 1972, British
Athletics competitor
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce27 December 1986, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Paula Radcliffe17 December 1973, British
Marathon runner, Long-distance runner, Athletics
Marion Jones12 October 1975, Belizean, American
Basketball player, Sprinter
Nicola Adams26 October 1982, British
Boxer
Mary Lou Retton24 January 1968, American
Artistic gymnast
Lolo Jones05 August 1982, American
Sprinter, Bobsledder, Athletics competitor
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater
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Jessica Mendoza11 November 1980, American
Softball player
Katarina Johnson-Thompson09 January 1993, British
Athletics competitor
Sadako Sasaki07 January 1943, Japanese
Kelly Holmes19 April 1970, British
Middle-distance runner
Yelena Isinbayeva03 June 1982, Russian
Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor
Aliya Mustafina30 September 1994, Russian
Artistic gymnast
Alina Kabaeva12 May 1983, Uzbekistan, Russian
Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Dafne Schippers15 June 1992
Athletics competitor
Misty May-Treanor30 July 1977, American
Volleyball player, Beach volleyball player
Victoria Pendleton24 September 1980, British
Track cyclist, Sport cyclist, Autobiographer,
Rebecca Adlington17 February 1989, British
Swimmer
Zola Budd26 May 1966, South African
Middle-distance runner, Marathon runner
Dominique Dawes20 November 1976, American
Artistic gymnast
Dominique Moceanu30 September 1981, American
Artistic gymnast
Svetlana Khorkina19 January 1979, Russian
Politician, Artistic gymnast
Michelle Jenneke23 June 1993, Australian
Hurdler, Athletics competitor, Model
Kerri Walsh Jennings15 August 1978, American
Volleyball player, Beach volleyball player
Shannon Miller10 March 1977, American
Artistic gymnast, Lawyer
Delilah DiCrescenzo07 February 1983, American
Athletics competitor
Santhi Soundarajan17 April 1981, Indian
middle-distance runner
Florence Griffith-Joyner21 December 1959, American
American track and field athlete
Debi Thomas25 March 1967, American
Figure skater
Tirunesh Dibaba01 June 1985, Ethiopian
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
Christine Sinclair12 June 1983, Canadian
Association football player
Merlene Ottey10 May 1960, Jamaican, Slovenian
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Kaetlyn Osmond05 December 1995, Canadian
Figure skater
Mary Decker04 August 1958, American
Long-distance runner, Middle-distance runner,
Cristina Neagu26 August 1988, Romanian
Handball player
Amy Williams29 September 1982, British
Skeleton racer
Ibtihaj Muhammad04 December 1985, American
fencer
Sara McMann24 September 1980, American
Mixed martial artist, Amateur wrestler
Carmelita Jeter24 November 1979, American
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Simona de Silvestro01 September 1988, Swiss
Racecar driver
Genzebe Dibaba08 February 1991, Ethiopian
Long-distance runner, Middle-distance runner,
Deepika Kumari13 June 1993, Indian
archer
Picabo Street03 April 1971, American
Olympic athlete
Charlotte Dujardin13 July 1985, British
Dressage rider
Natalie Spooner17 October 1990, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Suzy Favor Hamilton08 August 1968, American
Athletics competitor, Call girl
Simone Manuel02 August 1996, American
American olympic athlete
Marita Koch18 February 1957, German
Athlete
Jessica Rae Springsteen30 December 1991, American
Rachel Homan05 April 1989, Canadian
Curler
Sally Pearson19 September 1986, Australian
Athletics competitor
Daniela Ryf29 May 1987, Swiss
Triathlete
Tatyana McFadden21 April 1989, American
Cross-country skier, Athletics competitor
Anjali Bhagwat05 December 1969, Indian
Sport shooter
Nova Peris25 November 1971, Australian
field hockey player, athletics competitor,
Cătălina Ponor20 August 1987, Romanian
Artistic gymnast
Veronica Campbell-Brown15 May 1982, Jamaican
Sprinter
Maria Mutola27 October 1972, Mozambican
Athlete
Grete Waitz01 October 1953, Norwegian
Marathon runner, Long-distance runner, Athletics
Evelyn Ashford15 April 1957, American
American olympic athlete
Wang Shixian13 February 1990
Badminton player
Foekje Dillema18 September 1926, Dutch
athletics competitor
Fanny Blankers-Koen26 April 1918, Netherlands Antilles, Dutch
Athlete
Helen Stephens03 February 1918, American
Athlete
Athina Onassis Roussel29 January 1985, French
Becky Downie24 January 1992, British
Artistic gymnast
Darya Domracheva03 August 1986, Belarusian
Biathlete
Marie-José Pérec09 May 1968, Guadeloupean
Carolina Klüft02 February 1983, Swedish
Athlete
Christine Ohuruogu17 May 1984, British
Writer, Sprinter