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Trailblazers in Women's Sports
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Swimming - Most Decorated Olympian
Katie Ledecky - Multiple Olympic gold medals and world records
Figure Skating - Backflip on Ice
Surya Bonaly - Known for performing a backflip on the ice
Boxing - First Women’s Olympic Boxing Champion
Nicola Adams - First woman to win an Olympic boxing title
Figure Skating - Most World Titles
Sonja Henie - Won 10 consecutive World Championships
Ice Hockey - Gold Medals and World Championships
Hayley Wickenheiser - Four Olympic gold medals
UFC - First Female Champion
Ronda Rousey - First UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion
Snowboarding - Olympic Golds and X Games
Shaun White - Three-time Olympic gold medalist
Gymnastics - Perfect 10
Nadia Comăneci - First gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics
Horse Racing - Most Successful Female Jockey
Julie Krone - First female jockey to win a Triple Crown race
Mountain Climbing - First Woman to Summit Everest
Junko Tabei - Climbed Mount Everest in 1975
Golf - Women’s British Open Winner
Laura Davies - Four major championships
Archery - Olympic and World Champion
Kim Soo-Nyung - Olympic gold medals and world titles in archery
Track Cycling - Multiple World Records
Jeannie Longo - Numerous world records and titles
Tennis - First Grand Slam Winner
Margaret Court - 24 Grand Slam singles titles
Track and Field - Heptathlon and Long Jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Won six Olympic medals
Badminton - Two Olympic Gold Medals
Susy Susanti - Won singles gold at the 1992 Olympics
Track and Field - Olympic Records
Florence Griffith Joyner - Fastest woman of all time
Alpine Skiing - Olympic Golds and World Championships
Lindsey Vonn - Won 82 World Cup races
Surfing - Women's Big Wave Surfing
Maya Gabeira - Record for largest wave ever surfed by a female
Marathon - Women’s Marathon Pioneer
Kathrine Switzer - First woman to run the Boston Marathon with an official bib number
Cross-Country Skiing - Most Successful Winter Olympian
Marit Bjørgen - Most decorated Winter Olympian with 15 medals
Wrestling - Breakthrough in Women’s Wrestling
Tricia Saunders - Four-time World Champion
Soccer - Women's World Cup Winner
Mia Hamm - Two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist
Basketball - WNBA Records
Diana Taurasi - Three-time WNBA champion
Auto Racing - Pioneering Female Driver
Danica Patrick - First woman to win an IndyCar Series race
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