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
 * 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
 * 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,
 * 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
 * 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 - 5 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
 * 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
 * Joanna Jędrzejczyk - 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
 * Krisztina Egerszegi - 7 Olympic medals
 * Dawn Fraser - 8 Olympic medals
 * Jenny Thompson - 12 Olympic medals
 * 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
 * Dara Torres - 12 Olympic medals
 * Amy Van Dyken - 6 Olympic medals
 * Debbie Meyer - 3 Olympic Gold medals. 200,400,800 freestyle 1968. 15 individual World Records.

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 - 4 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