Marjorie Jackson
Marjorie Jackson was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1952.
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Mildred McDaniel
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.
Louise Sauvage
One of Australia’s most successful Paralympians.
Martha Hudson
Olympic track and field gold medal winner and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American
Nova Peris
Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
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.
Fanny Durack
In 1912, Fanny Durack became the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.