List of Australian sportswomen

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.

  • 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

Bowls

  • Lynsey Armitage - Commonwealth Games gold medalist
  • Karen Murphy - Commonwealth Games gold medalist

Canoeing

Cricket

Cycling

Diving

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
  • Leonara Wray - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Gymnastics

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
  • 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

Motor sport

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

Lacrosse

Netball

  • 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

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

Shooting

Skiing

Soccer

Softball

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

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

Surfing

Swimming

  • 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
  • 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
  • Petria Thomas - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
  • 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

  • Suzy Javor - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Taekwondo

Tennis

  • Ashleigh Barty – grand slam champion
  • 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

Water polo

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

See also

  • List of Australian sportsmen

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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