Elite Female Athletes (by Name)
Women in Sports History
Women by the Numbers
100

This CrossFit athlete has won the CrossFit Games more times than any other athlete, male or female. 

Who is Tia-Clair Toomey?

100

This sport is considered one of the fastest-growing women’s sports in the U.S. and will debut in the 2028 Olympics?

What is flag football?

100

Women’s Olympic weightlifting debuted in what year?

What is year 2000?


200

This WNBA legend became the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game in 2002.

Who is Lisa Leslie?
200

In what athletic events have women beaten men outright?

What is Ultra-endurance races?


200

Roughly how much can the top female deadlifters lift?

What is over 600 lbs?

300

This WNBA player is the all-time leading scorer in league history.

Who is Diana Taurasi?

300

This 1972 law changed women’s athletics forever.

What is Title IX?

300

What is the approximate time difference between men’s and women’s 100m world records?

What is under 1 second?


  • Women’s 100m world record: 10.49 sec – Florence Griffith-Joyner
  • Men’s 100m world record: 9.58 sec – Usain Bolt
400

Most decorated U.S. track & field Olympian (female)

Who is Allyson Felix?

(Who is coming out of retirement at the age of 40.)

400

What Olympic sport completed full women’s inclusion in 2012?

What is boxing?

400

What is the approximate difference between men’s and women’s marathon world records?

What is 10-12 minutes?


  • Women’s marathon WR: 2:11:53 – Tigist Assefa
  • Men’s marathon WR: ~2:00:35

 Difference: ~11 minutes over 26.2 miles


500

This coach became the first Division I basketball coach to reach 1,000 win.

Who is Pat Summitt?

500

The NBA was founded in 1946. The WNBA was founded how many years later? (Number answer)

What is 51 years later (1997)

500

In distance swimming, how big is the gap between elite men and women?

What is under 1 minute?


  • Women’s 1500m freestyle WR: ~15:20 – Katie Ledecky
  • Men’s: ~14:30

 Difference: ~50 seconds over 15 minutes