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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

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