Jackie Mitchell
17-year-old pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
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Eleanor Egg
American track and field athlete.
Elisabeth Moore
The first player to win the United States Women’s Singles lawn-tennis championship four times (1896, 1901, 1903, and 1905).
Joetta Clark Diggs
American track and field champion
CeCe Mazyck
Military veteran and Paralympian
Isabel Ramsay Letham
Australian surfing pioneer
Anne Brunell
Australian gold medal winning swimmer, and Vice President of the Amputees Association.
Inga Stange
German dancer and teacher Inge Stange promoted dance gymnastics in Sydney (Australia) in the early 1930s. She believed “this type of physical education is better adapted than almost any other for inspiring inner cheerfulness and a new courage to face life in these times.” She also performed at the Prince Edward Theatre in London in 1933.
Marie Jenkins
Racecar driver Marie Jenkins rose to prominence in 1920s Australia
Fanny Durack
In 1912, Fanny Durack became the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.