Articles about "women athletes"
Women Olympic Skaters
Is the popularity of women's figure skating a sign that gender stereotypes are alive and well -- that women athletes are still more acceptable if they ...
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Wyomia Tyus
In 1974, Wyomia Tyus joined Billie Jean King and other women athletes in founding the Women's Sports Foundation, which aims to enhance opportunities for ...
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/trackandfield/p/wyomia_tyus.htm
Althea Gibson
Biography of Althea Gibson, tennis pioneer and African American athlete. ... Gibson won the ATA women's singles tournament ten years in a row, 1947 through ...
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/gibsonalthea/a/althea_gibson.htm
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Known for: Dominance in women's track and field. Considered by many to be the best all-around female athlete in the world. Sport: Track and field. ...
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias Quotes
It has been argued that Babe Didrikson Zaharias was the greatest woman athlete ever. [u]; More About Babe Didrikson Zaharias ...
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, sister-in-law of Florence Griffith-Joyner, has been called the world's greatest woman athlete. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won more Olympic ...
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Kristi Yamaguchi
United States Olympic Committee, Athlete BiographyKristi Yamaguchi Biography Video: ... Great Women in Sports. 1996. Elaine A. Kule. Kristi Yamaguchi. 2005. ...
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/figureskaters/p/yamaguchi.htm
Wyomia Tyus Quotes
... Olympics for the 100-meter dash, the first athlete (male or female) to do so. ... Jone Johnson Lewis. "Wyomia Tyus Quotes." About Women's History. ...
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Tara Lipinski
1998 - gold medal in women's figure skating at Olympics in Nagano, Japan, the youngest individual athlete to date to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics ...
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/figureskaters/p/tara_lipinski.htm
About Ekaterina Gordeeva
You are here: About>Education>Women's History> Sports & Athletes> Individual Sports> ... part of a list of "Top 10 Winter Olympic Athletes of All Time." ...
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