Joetta Clark Diggs
American track and field champion
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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.
Marie Jenkins
Racecar driver Marie Jenkins rose to prominence in 1920s Australia
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.
Fanny Durack
In 1912, Fanny Durack became the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Cathy Freeman
At her home Olympics in 2000, Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
Fay Fuller
Fay Fuller was the first known woman to summit Mount Rainier.
Kathy Whitworth
At nineteen she joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Over the next fifteen years, she received the LPGA Player of the Year Award seven times.