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[]

• Suzy Batkovic - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Sandy Brondello - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Donna Burns - gold medalist at 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap
• Trisha Fallon - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Kristi Harrower - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Lauren Jackson - multiple Olympic Games medalist and three-time WNBA MVP; 2021 inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Erin Phillips - Olympic Games medalist and multiple FIBA World Cup medalist; also two-time MVP of AFL Women's in Australian rules football
• Rachael Sporn - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Penny Taylor - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Liesl Tesch - multiple Paralympic medalist and gold medalist in sailing.
• Michele Timms - multiple Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Bowls[]

• - Commonwealth Games gold medalist
• - Commonwealth Games gold medalist

Canoeing[]

• Katrin Borchert - multiple Olympic medalist
• Jessica Fox - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Anna Wood - multiple Olympic medalist
• Danielle Woodward - Olympic Games medalist

Cricket[]

• Belinda Clark - former captain and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Ellyse Perry - dual international cricket and football
• Karen Rolton - former leading batsman
• Lisa Sthalekar - former leading all rounder
• Betty Wilson former leading batsman and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Cycling[]

• Sara Carrigan - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Michelle Ferris - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Anna Meares - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
• Kathy Watt - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Diving[]

• Brittany Broben - Olympic Games individual medallist
• Jenny Donnet - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
• Chantelle Newbery - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Loudy Wiggins - multiple Olympic Games medalist
• Melissa Wu - multiple Olympic Games medalist

Equestrian[]

• 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[]

• 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
• - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Gymnastics[]

• Lauren Mitchell - World champion gold medalist
• Monette Russo - World champion medalist

Hockey[]

• 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
• - 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[]

• Gai Waterhouse - leading Australian trainer

Motor sport[]

• - leading Australian driver
• Leanne Tander - leading Australian driver

Lacrosse[]

• Jen Adams - world champion, NCAA Lacrosse legend
• Hannah Nielsen - world champion
• Wendy Piltz - world champion
• Jenny Williams - world champion

Netball[]

• Margaret Caldow - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• - 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[]

• Kylie Dowling - Western Australian, polocrosse rider

Rowing[]

• 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[]

• Jenny Armstrong - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Kay Cottee - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Tessa Parkinson - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Elise Rechichi - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Belinda Stowell - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Liesl Tesch - Paralympic Games gold medalist

Shooting[]

• Suzanne Balogh - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Libby Kosmala - Multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
• Judith Trim - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Skiing[]

• Torah Bright - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Alisa Camplin - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Jacqui Cooper - world champion
• Lydia Lassila - Olympic Games gold medalist
• Kirstie Marshall - world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Anna Segal - Olympic freestyle skier and two-time world champion
• Zali Steggall - Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Soccer[]

• Melissa Barbieri - former Australian captain
• Sam Kerr – current Australia captain; all-time leading goal scorer for the W-League and the US National Women's Soccer League; two-time NWSL MVP
• Melissa Maizels (born 1993) - footballer
• Julie Murray - early professional pioneer
• Ellyse Perry - dual international cricket and football
• Cheryl Salisbury - former Australian captain
• Kyah Simon - first Aboriginal Australian footballer to score a goal at a World Cup final
• Sarah Walsh

Softball[]

• Joyce Lester - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Marjorie Nelson - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

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[]

• - former Australian champion
• Reen Corbett - former Australian champion
• Karla Gilbert - former Australian champion

Surfing[]

• Layne Beachley - multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Wendy Botha - multiple world champion
• Pam Burridge - world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Stephanie Gilmore - multiple world champion

Swimming[]

• 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

Table tennis[]

• - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Taekwondo[]

• Lauren Burns - Olympic Games gold medalist

Tennis[]

• 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
• Evonne Goolagong - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
• Sam Stosur - grand slam champion

Triathlon[]

• Emma Carney - world champion
• Jackie Gallagher - world champion
• Nicole Hackett - world champion
• Loretta Harrop - Olympic Games medalist and world champion
• Michellie Jones - Olympic medalist and world champion
• Joanne King - world champion
• Emma Moffatt - Olympic medalist and world champion
• Emma Snowsill - Olympic gold medalist and world champion

Volleyball[]

• Natalie Cook - Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball
• Kerri Pottharst - Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball

Water polo[]

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

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Sport Australia Hall of Fame Athlete Members
• List of South Australian sportswomen