Betty Robinson
American athlete who won the first Olympic 100 meters event for women.
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Eleanor G Holm
Distinguished American swimmer who achieved significant success in the 1930s.
Terry Mullen
Irish paralympic athlete
Beatrice Lowe
Irish archer and Olympian
Joan Horan
Irish paralympian
Gertrude Ederle
Olympic champion, world record holder and the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Joyce Cooper
Joyce Cooper remains to this day one of the most decorated female swimmers Britain has ever produced.
Katie-George Dunlevy
Katie-George Dunlevy (b1981) is a high scoring paralympic road and track cyclist, best known for winning gold and silver medals with pilot Eve Crystal at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
Galina Bystrova
Soviet track and field athlete Galina Petrovna Bystrova won a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics in the pentathlon.
Candace Cable
In 1992, Candace Cable became the first woman to medal at the summer and winter Paralympic Games. During her career, she competed at nine Paralympics and won 12 medals in track and field, alpine skiing, and Nordic skiing. Cable also won 84 marathons, including six Boston Marathon victories.