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Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi - slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team) Taoying Fu - 4 Paralympic medals in powerlifting Sue Sally Hale - Broke the gender barrier in American Polo, was the highest rated American woman polo player of her era.
In the late 1900s Women's Sports started to gain popularity in the media because of their talent in the Olympics. [198] In 1999, women's sports coverage reached an all-time high when it was recorded at 8.7%. It maintained its higher percentages until it reached an all-time low in 2009, decreasing to 1.6%.
1974 – The Women's Sports Foundation was created by Billie Jean King in America. It is "a charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport."
History of women's sports (19 C, 16 P) I. Women's international sports (2 C) M. ... Pages in category "Women's sports" The following 29 pages are in this category ...
Pages in category "History of women's sports" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... This page was last edited on 1 April 2019, at 12:48 (UTC).
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... 1880s in women's sport (9 C, 1 P) 1890s in women's sport ... This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, ...
Some major changes have taken place in history and have affected the number of titles that have been won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the ...
A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same year at the 1980 Summer Olympics to include the IAAF-approved international women's events in 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres which were not added to the Olympic athletics programme that year due to a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.