Nova Peris
Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
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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.
Stella Walsh
Polish-American runner named the greatest woman athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Helm Athletic Foundation (1951)
Betty Cuthbert
In 1956, Betty Cuthbert won three Olympic gold medals, the first Australian to do so.
CeCe Mazyck
Military veteran and Paralympian
Anne Brunell
Australian gold medal winning swimmer, and Vice President of the Amputees Association.
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.
Helen Johns
Helen Johns won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at just 17.