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List of Australian sportswomen

List of Australian sportswomen

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List of notable Australian sportswomen. List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame,[1] Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized through public opinion lists.[2] The list is not exhaustive.

Athletics

  • Judy Amoore - Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Raelene Boyle - multiple Olympic medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Maureen Caird - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Betty Cuthbert - multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Shirley de la Hunty - multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Jane Flemming - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
  • Debbie Flintoff-King - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Cathy Freeman - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Tracey Freeman - - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Marjorie Jackson - multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Pam Kilborn - multiple Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Lisa Llorens - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Marlene Mathews - multiple Olympic medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Lisa McIntosh - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Decima Norman - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Glynis Nunn - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Lisa Ondieki - Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Sally Pearson - Olympic games gold medalist
  • Alison Quinn - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Louise Sauvage - multiple Paralaympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Donna Smith - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Katrina Webb - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Jodi Willis - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Amy Winters - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist

Basketball

See also: Category:Australian women's basketball players

Canoeing

See also: Category:Australian female canoeists

Cricket

See also: Category:Australian_women_cricketers

Cycling

See also: Category:Australian_female_cyclists

Diving

See also: Category:Australian female divers

Equestrian

See also: Category:Australian female equestrians
  • Julie Higgins - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Gillian Rolton - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Wendy Schaeffer - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Golf

See also: Category:Australian female golfers
  • Edwina Kennedy - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Jan Stephenson - Sport Australia Hall of Fame and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee
  • Karrie Webb – winner of multiple women's major championships and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee
  • Leonara Wray - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Gymnastics

See also: Category:Australian female artistic gymnasts
See also: Category:Australian female rhythmic gymnasts

Hockey

See also: Category:Australian female field hockey players
  • Alyson Annan - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Sharon Buchanan - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Diane Gorman - former captain and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Rechelle Hawkes - multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Jacqueline Pereira - multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Nova Peris - Olympic Games gold medalist and Commonwealth Games gold medalist in athletics
  • Liane Tooth - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Horse racing

See also: Category:Australian female jockeys

Motor sport

  • Amanda Sparks - leading Australian driver
  • Leanne Tander - leading Australian driver

Lacrosse

Netball

See also: Category:Australian netball players
  • Margaret Caldow - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Jane Cowan - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Michelle den Dekker - leading defender, World and Commonwealth Games champion, longest reigning Captain, elite coach
  • Liz Ellis - leading defender and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Sharelle McMahon - leading Australian shooter
  • Anne Sargeant - leading goal shooter and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Vicki Wilson - leading goal shooter and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Polocrosse

Rowing

See also: Category:Australian female rowers
  • Kim Crow - Olympic Games multiple medalist
  • Adair Ferguson - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Megan Marcks - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Kate Slatter - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Sailing

See also: Category:Australian female sailors (sport)

Shooting

See also: Category:Australian female sport shooters

Skiing

Soccer

See also: Category:Australian women's soccer players

Softball

See also: Category:Australian softball players

Squash

  • Vicki Cardwell - multiple British Open and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Sarah Fitz-Gerald - multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Michelle Martin - multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Heather McKay - multiple British Open and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Surf life saving

Surfing

See also: Category:Australian female surfers

Swimming

See also: Category:Australian female swimmers
  • Cate Campbell – multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships
  • Melissa Carlton - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Ellie Cole - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Priya Cooper - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Alicia Coutts - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
  • Lorraine Crapp - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Anne Currie - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Lisa Curry-Kenny
  • Gemma Dashwood - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Clare Dennis - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Fanny Durack - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Elizabeth Edmondson - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Michelle Ford - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Dawn Fraser - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Tracey Freeman - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Jacqueline Freney - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Shane Gould - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Jodie Henry - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Daphne Hilton - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Liesel Jones - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Annette Kellerman - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Ilsa Konrads - Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Hayley Lewis - multiple Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Libby Lenton - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Lyn McClements - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Emma McKeon – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Kaylee McKeown – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Bonnie Mealing - Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Karen Moras - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Gail Neall - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Susan O'Neill - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Siobhan Paton - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
  • Stephanie Rice - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
  • Jessica Schipper - multiple world champion
  • Emily Seebohm – multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships
  • Petria Thomas - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Ariarne Titmus – multiple Olympic Games gold medallist
  • Beverley Whitfield - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Tracey Wickham - multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Mina Wylie - Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Taekwondo

Tennis

See also: Category:Australian female tennis players
Eva Duldig
  • Ashleigh Barty – multiple grand slam champion and two-time year-end world #1 player
  • Lesley Bowrey - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Margaret Court - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Eva Duldig (born 1938) - Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
  • Evonne Goolagong - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • Sam Stosur - grand slam champion

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

  • Debbie Watson - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

See also

  • List of Australian sportsmen

References

  1. [1]
    "Athlete Members". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Top 100 Australian Sportswomen of All Time". Sport for Women website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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