Amy Appelhans Gubser
In 2024, 55-year-old Amy Appelhans Gubser made headlines like “This Grandmother Swam 30 Miles Through Shark-Infested Waters to Set a Record.”
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Madonna Buder
Sister Madonna Buder, also known as the “Iron Nun,” competed in her first triathlon in 1982 at age 52—and then did around 400 more over the next four decades.
Melinda Cockshutt
The month after her 50th birthday, Australian athlete Melinda Cockshutt won the women’s division of the 2024 Ultraman Australia triathlon, as well as being the oldest woman to complete the race.
Hulda Crooks
Hulda Crooks earned the nickname “Grandma Whitney” for climbing the continental U.S.’s tallest peak, Mount Whitney, 23 times between 1962 and 1991. She was 66 during her first ascent. She also climbed Japan’s Mount Fuji in 1987, becoming the oldest woman to scale it at age 91.
Donna Vano
American skater, skateboarder and snowboarder
Ernestine Shepherd
American bodybuilder
Bhagwani Devi
Nonagenarian Indian track and field athlete
Delores Brumfield White
Delores Brumfield (Dee) White began playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) as a young teenager in the post–World War II years, helping take the Fort Wayne Daisies to two league championships. She later taught physical education and was a coach at Henderson State University (HSU) in Arkadelphia (Clark County).
Pearl Sandow
Georgia’s most devoted baseball fan and one of the most dedicated fans in the history of the sport
Angela Pippos
Trailblazer for women in Australian broadcast sports journalism