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With a combined Olympic and World Championship total of 31 medals, she is also the overall most decorated athlete in track and field history, with 12 medals from individual events and 19 from relays. Felix was the first athlete in track and field history to medal in 3 different relays, 4 × 100 m, 4 × 400 m and mixed 4 × 400 m.
[163] [293] With her personal best of 10.60 s, set in 2021 at the age of 34, Fraser-Pryce is the third fastest woman of all time and the fastest mother in history. [ 4 ] [ 205 ] In 2019 she became the fourth mother to win a global 100 m title, joining Gwen Torrence and Wilma Rudolph of the U.S., as well as Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen .
Becoming the third female in history to achieve 5000 points or more and moving up to second place on the world all-time list, Hall just missed the world record of 5013 pts, set by Nataliya Dobrynska in 2012. [16] [17] At the same meet, she later claimed the 400 meters title, running a new personal best time of 51.03 seconds. [18]
The 2021 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue had one of the best athletes in the world on the cover. Women’s tennis star Naomi Osaka was one of three cover models for this year’s issue. Full ...
In track, Joyner won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1983 and in 1985, and was awarded the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the nation's best female collegiate athlete in 1985. [8] [9] [10] Joyner graduated with a bachelor's degree in history in 1986. [11]
[4] [5] At her next race on June 2, outdoors at 100 meters, she beat Filkey and equalled the world record, though her time was not recognized because it was deemed wind-aided. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics , her third 100 m competition, Robinson was the only US athlete to qualify for the 100 m final. [ 3 ]
Kratochvílová's world record on an indoor track—49.59—stood until 19 February 2023 when the 400-meter indoor world record was broken by Femke Bol from the Netherlands with a time of 49.26. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Koch and Kratochvílová are the only women who have broken the 48-second barrier in a laned 400-metre outdoor race. [ 6 ]
Jenny Thompson is one of the most decorated female Olympic swimmers. ... Cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie is considered one of the best winter Olympic athletes in history with 12 medals ...