Firsts
First African-American Winter Olympic gold medal winner, Vonetta Flowers, won for this event
two-woman bobsleigh
In 2014 Winter Olympics this slalom skiier was the youngest person in history to win the gold medal
Mikaela Shiffrin
This USWNT soccer play is the all-time top scorer
Abby Wambach
At 20 years old, Hilary Knight was the youngest player, male or female on the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver for this sport
Hockey
The arrival of these 2 women has been credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour
Who are Venus and Serena Williams
In this year, Sarah Thomas was the First Woman to Officiate the Super Bowl
2021!
At age 17, she became the youngest woman to ever win gold and the youngest woman to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row at the Olympics in the halfpipe snowboarding
Chloe Kim
This USWNT member published a nytimes bestselling book titled "One Life"
Megan Rapinoe
In the 2012 London Olympics, this team beat fellow Americans April Elizabeth Ross and Jennifer Kessy to win the gold medal in beach volleyball
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
This tennis player defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000
Billie Jean King
In 2018, professional skateboarder Lizzie Armanto became the first woman to successfully complete:
a quadruple kick flip
a 50 meter rail slide
Tony Hawk's loop
Tony Hawk's loop
Along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll, this woman is one of 2 in history to win four World Cup overall championships in skiing
Lindsey Vonn
The USWNT has more world cup wins than any other country with this many wins
What is 4
This was the first year women were allowed to compete in the Olympics. 22 women competed in tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf
What is 1900
The WNBA was founded in this year
1996
Although not an official entrant, Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in this year
1966
Simon Biles holds the records for USA National Championships in Women's Gymnastics with this number of wins
6
In 2019, at this age, Megan Rapinoe because the oldest women in history to score in a FIFA world cup championship
What is 34 years 2 days
The most Olympic medals won by a woman is eighteen by Larisa Semyonovna Latynina for this sport
Gymnastics (USSR)
Stephanie Louise Gilmore is an Australian and seven-time world champion on this sport
surfing
Alice Coachman was the first black woman to earn an Olympic gold medal in 1948 for this sport
High jump
In 2019, America ultra-distave runner Camille Herron broke her own world record to run this far in 24 hours
167.8 miles
After almost 10 years of dating, these two USWNT players were married in late 2019
Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger
This American competitive swimmer has won five Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer
Katie Ledecky
She is the highest-paid female athlete in the world
Naomi Osaka