For twenty years, men and women competed together in skeet shooting at the Olympics. But after Zhang Shan won the gold in 1992, the International Shooting Union suddenly felt it necessary to prevent women from shooting against the men, with a separate women’s event established for the 2000 Olympics.
Hungarian world champion swimmer
Olympic champion track and field athlete
Peggy Fleming is a renowned American figure skater known for her graceful skating style and her 1968 Olympic gold medal.
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 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
Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.