Nova Peris
Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Liz Ellis
Liz Ellis is one of Australia’s most successful sportswomen as a netballer and has also fostered young talent.
Betty Butcher
Betty Butcher was an Australian cricketer who held many positions in sport, and for 40 years encouraged women and girls to play.
Betty Watson
In under 50 years, Betty Watson helped change Australian women’s basketball from almost non-existent to the Australian team winning Olympic medals.
Dot Kirby
American golf champion
Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire became the top sprinter of the 1960s, winning six Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships and an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, Japan, in 1964. McGuire was also the only American woman ever to hold three AAU titles at different times, in the 100 and 200 meters and the long jump.
Shirley de la Hunty
Shirley was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal in athletics in 1948.
Gwen Torrence
American track star considered one of the world’s fastest women
Heather McKay
Heather McKay is regarded as the best female squash player of all time.
Helen Smith
Fencer Helen Smith is a triple Olympian, Commonwealth champion and nine times Australian champion. She was the first Australian woman to become a qualified Fencing Master at Arms and has coached community-based fencing for over 30 years.