Olympic Gold Medalist Archives

Allyson Felix

Olympic champion track and field athlete

Peggy Fleming

Peggy Fleming is a renowned American figure skater known for her graceful skating style and her 1968 Olympic gold medal.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo Jo, was one of the fastest women in the world in the 1980s, and she had the medals and records to prove it.

Marjorie Jackson

Marjorie Jackson was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1952.

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 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.