Stella Walsh
Polish-American runner named the greatest woman athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Helm Athletic Foundation (1951)
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Betty Cuthbert
In 1956, Betty Cuthbert won three Olympic gold medals, the first Australian to do so.
Eleanor Egg
American track and field athlete.
Cathy Freeman
At her home Olympics in 2000, Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
Wyomia Tyus
The first person to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100-meter dash.
Rosalie Fish
Rosalie Fish is a Native American woman who fights for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Marla Runyan
Legally blind since childhood, Olympic track and field athlete and marathon runner Marla Runyan never let her vision loss stand in the way of her athletic dreams.
Betty Robinson
American athlete who won the first Olympic 100 meters event for women.
Joan O’Reilly
Irish hockey player, athlete and sports administrator
Bernice Lumley
Identical twins Bernice and Doreen Lumley were well-known athletes from New Zealand.