Women in sports: 50 fearless athletes who played to win

Madge Syers (1881-1917) Tiny Broadwick (1893-1978) Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904-1969) Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003) Aileen Riggin (1906-2002) Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956) Keiko Fukuda (1913-2013) Marion Ladewig (1914-2010) Toni Stone (1921-1996) Althea Gibson (1927-2003) Ann Calvello (1929-2006) Beryl Burton (1939-2003) Sue Sally Hale (1937-2003) Junko Tabei (1939-2016) Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) Muscle anatomy Jody Conradt (1941-) Billie Jean King (1943-) Patti McGee (1945-) Anita DeFrantz (1952-) Flo Hyman (1954-1986) Susan Butcher (1954-2006) Bev Francis (1955-) Nadia Comaneci (1961-) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962-) Julie Krone (1963-) Bonnie Blair (1964-) Violet Palmer (1964-) Pay and media statistics

Anjali Bhagwat (1969-)

Chantal Petitclerc (1969-)

Kim Soo-Nyung (1971-)

Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-)

Layne Beachley (1972-)

Mia Hamm (1972-)

Lisa Leslie (1972-)

Manon Rhéaume (1972-)

Deng Yaping (1973-)

Valentina Vezzali (1974-)

Ellen MacArthur (1976-)

Influential sports teams

Melissa Stockwell (1980-)

Serena Williams (1981-)

Danica Patrick (1982-)

Nicola Adams (1982-)

Mithali Raj (1982-)

Kelly Clark (1983-)

Lindsey Vonn (1984-)

Ronda Rousey (1987-)

Ashley Fiolek (1990-)

Mariana Pajón (1991-)

Katie Ledecky (1997-)

Simone Biles (1997-)

More women in sports.