Margaux Isaksen was a world-class competitor in the modern pentathlon, an Olympic sport in which athletes compete in fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross-country running. A three-time Olympian, Isaksen first started competing at the international level when she was fifteen.
South African high jumper
Italian Paralympic fencing champion and activist
German hockey player and environmental health activist
Iris Cummings Critchell served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II. The National Flight Instructors inducted her into the Hall of Fame in 2000 for her exemplary career as a flight instructor.
Record-breaking Australian Paralympian and sport ambassador.
Marjorie Jackson was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1952.
Atlanta native Mildred McDaniel excelled in basketball and gained fame in track and field by winning Olympic gold and setting a world record in the high jump.
One of Australia’s most successful Paralympians.
Olympic track and field gold medal winner and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American