# List of sportswomen

This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen.

## American football

* Tonya Butler
* Sami Grisafe
* Julie Harshbarger
* Liz Heaston
* Katie Hnida
* Ashley Martin
* Anita Marks
* Patricia Palinkas
* Natalie Randolph
* Sarah Schkeeper
* Lei'D Tapa
* Jennifer Welter
* Alissa Wykes

## Archery

* Danielle Brown
* Lindsey Carmichael
* Miroslava Cerna
* Mel Clarke
* Gizem Girişmen
* Fu Hongzhi
* Gao Fangxia
* Kim Ki Hee
* Kim Ran Sook
* Lenka Kuncova
* Louise Nettleton
* Małgorzata Olejnik
* Lee Hwa Sook
* Marketa Sidkova
* Xiao Yanhong

## Athletics

* Veronica Campbell-Brown - 7 Olympic medals
* Allyson Felix - 6 Olympic medals
* Evelyn Ashford - 5 Olympic medals
* Sanya Richards-Ross - 5 Olympic medals
* Fanny Blankers-Koen - 4 Olympic medals
* Betty Cuthbert - 4 Olympic medals
* Cathy Freeman - 2 Olympic medals in running
* Kim Gevaert - sprint runner
* Florence Griffith Joyner - 5 Olympic medals
* Wilma Glodean Rudolph - 4 Olympic medals in athletics
* Kelly Holmes - 3 Olympic medals in middle distance running
* Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 6 Olympic medals in athletics
* Ewa Kłobukowska -- world/European championships and records; discriminated and victimized by the world sport establishment, and especially by the Soviet Union and East Germany.
* Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - sprint runner, world 100-m & 200-m champion
* Tamara Press - 6 world records (shot put & discus throw); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus)
* Irina Press - sprint runner, 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
* Paula Radcliffe - long distance runner
* Bobbie Rosenfeld - runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)
* Joan Benoit Samuelson - Olympic medal in marathon running
* Helen Stephens - 2 Olympic medals in athletics
* Shirley Strickland - 7 Olympic medals
* Irena Szewińska - sprinter & long jumper, 7 Olympic medals; world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m)
* Grete Waitz - marathon running
* Fatima Whitbread - 2 Olympic medals in javelin throw
* Bärbel Wöckel - 4 Olympic medals
* Joanna Zeiger - triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World champion; world record (half ironman)
* Catherine Ibargüen - Colombian athlete, 2018 IAAF Female athlete of the year award, 2 Olympic medals in triple

## Basketball

* Sue Bird, 4x WNBA champion, 5x Olympic champion
* Tamika Catchings, WNBA champion, 4x Olympic champion
* Caitlin Clark
* Margo Dydek
* Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, 4x WNBA champion, Olympic champion
* Lauren Jackson, 2x WNBA champion
* Nancy Lieberman, WNBA, Olympic silver
* Lisa Leslie, 2x WNBA champion, 4x Olympic champion
* Cheryl Miller, Olympic champion
* Maya Moore, 4x WNBA champion, 2x Olympic champion
* Candace Parker, 2x WNBA champion, 2x Olympic champion
* Katie Smith, 3x WNBA champion, 3x Olympic champion
* Dawn Staley, 3x Olympic champion
* Sheryl Swoopes, 4 WNBA champion, 3x Olympic champion,
* Diana Taurasi, 3x WNBA champion, 5x Olympic champion

## Boxing

* Laila Ali
* Cecilia Brækhus
* Marie-Eve Dicaire
* Marlen Esparza
* Seniesa Estrada
* Jacqui Frazier
* Natasha Jonas
* Savannah Marshall
* Christy Martin
* Jessica McCaskill
* Claressa Shields
* Amanda Serrano
* Katie Taylor

## Cycling

* Elisa Longo Borghini
* Emma Pooley

## Fastpitch and Softball

* Monica Abbott
* Christie Ambrosi
* Crystl Bustos
* Lauren Chamberlain
* Jenny Dalton
* Lisa Fernandez
* Jennie Finch
* Tairia Flowers
* Amanda Freed
* Michele Granger
* Lauren Haeger
* Tanya Harding
* Lovieanne Jung
* Danielle Lawrie
* Jessica Mendoza
* Stacey Nuveman
* Cat Osterman
* Dot Richardson
* Michele Mary Smith
* Natasha Watley

## Fencing

* Emily Jacobson - saber fencer
* Sada Jacobson - US saber fencer, ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver
* Helene Mayer - foil fencer, Olympic champion
* Maria Mazina - épée fencer, Olympic champion
* Ellen Osiier - foil fencer, Olympic champion
* Ellen Preis - foil fencing, 3x world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17x Austrian champion

## Field hockey

* Luciana Aymar - 4 Olympic medals
* Minke Booij - 3 Olympic medals
* Giselle Kañevsky - Olympic medal
* Natascha Keller - Olympic medal
* Maartje Paumen - 2 Olympic gold medals
* Fanny Rinne - Olympic medal

## Figure skating

* Mao Asada
* Oksana Baiul - Olympic champion and World Champion
* Ludmila Belousova
* Sasha Cohen - US Figure Skating Champion & Olympic silver
* Peggy Gale Fleming
* Dorothy Stuart Hamill
* Sarah Hughes - Olympic champion
* Yuna Kim
* Lily Kronberger - four-time World Champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
* Michelle Kwan - two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World champion, and nine-time U.S. champion
* Emilia Rotter - four-time World Champion
* Irina Slutskaya - two-time World Champion
* Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi - Olympic champion two-time World champion, U.S. champion

## Golf

* Amy Alcott - 5 LPGA majors
* Patty Berg - 15 LPGA majors
* Pat Bradley - 6 LPGA majors
* Juli Inkster - 7 LPGA majors
* Betsy King - 6 LPGA majors
* Nancy Lopez - 3 LPGA majors
* Betsy Rawls - 8 LPGA majors
* Patty Sheehan - 6 LPGA majors
* Annika Sörenstam - 10 LPGA majors
* Louise Suggs - 11 LPGA majors
* Karrie Webb - 7 LPGA majors
* Kathy Whitworth - 6 LPGA majors
* Michelle Wie - 1 LPGA major
* Mickey Wright - 13 LPGA majors

## Gymnastics

* Estella Agsteribbe - Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
* Polina Astakhova - 10 Olympic medals
* Simone Biles - 11 Olympic medals
* Věra Čáslavská - 11 Olympic medals
* Nadia Comăneci - 9 Olympic medals
* Gabby Douglas - 3 Olympic medals
* Laurie Hernandez - 4 Olympic medals
* Shawn Johnson - 4 Olympic medals
* Ágnes Keleti - 10 Olympic medals
* Madison Kocian - 4 Olympic medals
* Olga Korbut - 6 Olympic medals
* Larisa Latynina - 18 Olympic medals
* Tatiana Lysenko - 3 Olympic medals
* Aly Raisman - 6 Olympic medals
* Mary Lou Retton - 5 Olympic medals
* Yelena Shushunova - two-time Olympic champion (all-around, team)

## Ice hockey

* Karyn Bye
* Natalie Darwitz
* Danielle Goyette
* Cammi Granato
* Geraldine Heaney
* Jayna Hefford
* Angela James
* Caroline Ouellette
* Cherie Piper
* Manon Rhéaume
* Angela Ruggiero
* Kim St-Pierre
* Hayley Wickenheiser

## Martial arts

* Laila Ali - boxing
* Gina Carano - mixed martial arts
* Dakota Ditcheva - Muay Thai
* Hagar Finer - WIBF bantamweight boxing champion
* Megumi Fujii - mixed martial arts
* Joanna Jędrzejczyk - mixed martial arts
* Cristiane Justino - mixed martial arts
* Daniela Krukower - World Judo Champion
* Christy Martin - boxing
* Elaina Maxwell - mixed martial arts
* Ronda Rousey - mixed martial arts
* Miesha Tate - mixed martial arts

## Motorsport

* Janet Guthrie - 11th at Indianapolis 500
* Brittany Force - NHRA champion
* Jutta Kleinschmidt - Dakar Rally winner
* Katherine Legge - IMSA race winner
* Ellen Lohr - DTM race winner
* Elena Myers - AMA Supersport race winner
* Michèle Mouton - World Rally Championship runner-up
* Shirley Muldowney - NHRA champion
* Danica Patrick - IndyCar race winner
* Angelle Sampey - NHRA champion
* Laia Sanz - Trial world champion
* Lyn St. James - 9th at Indianapolis 500
* Desiré Wilson - World Sportscar Championship race winner

## Real tennis

* Penny Fellows Lumley

## Roller derby

* Ann Calvello
* Joan Weston

## Rugby

* Maggie Alphonsi
* Enya Breen
* Charlotte Caslick
* Rochelle Clark
* Kendra Cocksedge
* Lauren Doyle
* Magali Harvey
* Janai Haupapa
* Natasha Hunt
* Zenay Jordaan
* Huriana Manuel
* Katherine Merchant
* Ana Poghosian
* Emily Scarratt
* Cheryl Soon
* Portia Woodman

## Skiing

* Marit Bjørgen - 10 Olympic medals
* Yuliya Chepalova - 6 Olympic medals
* Aleisha Cline - Canadian cross skier, medalist at Winter X Games
* Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 7 Olympic medals
* Janica Kostelić - 6 Olympic medals (4 gold)
* Galina Kulakova - 8 Olympic medals
* Larisa Lazutina - 7 Olympic medals
* Raisa Smetanina - 10 Olympic medals
* Yelena Välbe - 7 Olympic medals
* Lyubov Yegorova - 9 Olympic medals

## Snowboarding

* Gretchen Bleiler
* Torah Bright
* Kelly Clark
* Tess Coady
* Linn Haug
* Elena Hight
* Kaitlyn Farrington
* Anna Gasser
* Jenny Jones
* Chloe Kim
* Maddie Mastro
* Silje Norendal
* Hannah Teter
* Alena Zavarzina

## Soccer

* Michelle Akers
* Nadine Angerer
* Yael Averbuch
* Lauren Barnes
* Denise Bender
* Verónica Boquete
* Shannon Boxx
* Lucy Bronze
* Brandi Chastain
* Stephanie Cox
* Julie Ertz
* Joy Fawcett
* Jess Fishlock
* Mia Hamm
* Pernille Harder
* Ada Hegerberg
* Lori Henry
* Jenni Hermoso
* Marbella Ibarra
* Nahomi Kawasumi
* Sam Kerr
* Fran Kirby
* Haley Kopmeyer
* Sydney Leroux
* Kristine Lilly
* Kim Little
* Carli Lloyd
* Shannon MacMillan
* Marta
* Kate Markgraf
* Merritt Mathias
* Sharon McMurtry
* Alex Morgan
* Heather Mitts
* Heather O'Reilly
* Ann Orrison
* Cindy Parlow
* Emily Pickering
* Birgit Prinz
* Christen Press
* Alexia Putellas
* Christie Rampone
* Megan Rapinoe
* Cat Reddick
* Briana Scurry
* Eudy Simelane
* Christine Sinclair
* Kelly Smith
* Hope Solo
* Aly Wagner
* Abby Wambach
* Chloe Williams
* Kim Wyant

## Surfing

* Keely Andrew
* Heather Clark
* Courtney Conlogue
* Johanne Defay
* Sage Erickson
* Sally Fitzgibbons
* Maya Gabeira
* Stephanie Gilmore
* Bethany Hamilton
* Coco Ho
* Malia Jones
* Silvana Lima
* Malia Manuel
* Caroline Marks
* Carissa Moore
* Lakey Peterson
* Nikki Van Dijk
* Tatiana Weston-Webb

## Swimming

* Rebecca Adlington - 4 Olympic medals
* Inge de Bruijn - 8 Olympic medals
* Amy Van Dyken - 6 Olympic medals
* Krisztina Egerszegi - 7 Olympic medals
* Dawn Fraser - 8 Olympic medals
* Otylia Jędrzejczak
* Debbie Meyer - 3 Olympic Gold medals. 200,400,800 freestyle 1968. 15 individual World Records.
* Stephanie Rice - 3 Olympic medals
* Keena Rothhammer - Olympic champion (800-m freestyle) and world champion (200-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame
* Éva Székely - 2 Olympic medals
* Jenny Thompson - 12 Olympic medals
* Dara Torres - 12 Olympic medals

## Table tennis

* Angelica Rozeanu - 17x table tennis world champion, Hall of Fame
* Anna Sipos - 11x world table tennis champion, Hall of Fame

## Tennis

* Victoria Azarenka - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
* Ashleigh Barty - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
* Jennifer Capriati - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
* Margaret Court - 24 Grand Slam singles titles (11 in open-era)
* Lindsay Davenport - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
* Evonne Goolagong - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
* Chris Evert - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
* Steffi Graf - 22 Grand Slam singles titles
* Justine Henin - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
* Martina Hingis - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
* Helen Jacobs - world singles ranking # 1
* Billie Jean King - 12 Grand Slam singles titles
* Angelique Kerber - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
* Kim Clijsters - 4 Grand Slam singles titles
* Ilana Kloss - world doubles ranking # 1
* Garbiñe Muguruza - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
* Li Na - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
* Martina Navratilova - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
* Naomi Osaka - 4 Grand Slam singles titles
* Agnieszka Radwańska - world singles ranking # 2
* Arantxa Sánchez - 4 Grand Slam singles titles
* Monica Seles - 9 Grand Slam singles titles
* Maria Sharapova - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
* Iga Świątek - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
* Serena Williams - 23 Grand Slam singles
* Venus Williams - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
* Caroline Wozniacki - One Grand Slam singles title

## Track and field

* Kajsa Bergqvist - high jumping
* Rebekah Colberg - Olympic medals in discus and javelin throw
* Jessica Ennis-Hill
* Allyson Felix
* Cathy Freeman
* Yelena Isinbayeva
* Carmelita Jeter
* Marion Jones
* Florence Griffith Joyner
* Jackie Joyner-Kersee
* Ann Penelope Marston - Archery
* Wilma Glodean Rudolph
* Mary Decker
* Babe Didrikson Zaharias

## Volleyball

* Foluke Akinradewo, 3 Olympic medals
* Lindsey Berg, 2 Olympic medals
* Jordan Larson, 3 Olympic medals
* April Ross, 3 Olympic medals
* Danielle Scott-Arruda, 2 Olympic medals
* Logan Tom, 2 Olympic medals
* Misty May-Treanor, 3 Olympic medals
* Kerri Walsh Jennings, 4 Olympic medals

## Other sports

* Kayla Harrison - 2 Olympic Gold Medals & 2 Pan American Games Gold Medals in Judo
* Josée Auclair - explorer
* Ann Bancroft - explorer
* Bonnie Kathleen Blair - speedskater
* Susan Butcher - sled dog musher
* Zefania Carmel - world champion yachtsman
* Ellen van Dijk - world road and track cycling champion
* Vonetta Flowers - Olympic medal in bobsleigh
* Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi - slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)
* Taoying Fu - 4 Paralympic medals in powerlifting
* Sue Sally Hale - Broke the gender barrier in American Polo, was the highest rated American woman polo player of her era.
* Liz Heaston - first woman to play and score in a college football game
* Debbie Lee - Australian rules football
* Judit Polgár - chess
* Libby Riddles - sled dog musher