Category
page 120th-century English sportswomen
Vera Menchik
Czech chess player (1906–1944)
Virginia Wade
British tennis player
Paula Radcliffe
English long-distance runner
Kelly Holmes
British middle distance athlete and Olympic gold medallist
Charlotte Cooper
English tennis player
Mary Rand
British track and field athlete and Olympic champion (1940-2026)
Fatima Whitbread
British athlete; former javelin thrower
Denise Lewis
British athlete
Ann Haydon-Jones
English tennis player
Angela Mortimer
British tennis player (1932–2025)
Lottie Dod
English tennis player (1871-1960)
Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)
Ann Packer
Olympic gold medallist
Fiona May
British-born Italian long jumper
Sue Barker
English television presenter and former professional tennis player
Sally Gunnell
British former track and field athlete
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist and jockey
Alison Williamson
British archer
Tessa Sanderson
British javelin thrower (born 1956)
Kathleen McKane Godfree
English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)
Nicola Adams
British boxer
Cecilia Colledge
British figure skater
Dora Boothby
English badminton and tennis player (1881–1970)
Madge Syers
British figure skater (1881-1917)
Yamilé Aldama
Cuban-born triple jumper, represented Cuba until 2003, Sudan from 2004 to 2010, then Great Britain
Jayne Torvill
English ice skater
Blanche Bingley
English tennis player (1863–1946)
Dorothy Hyman
British athlete
Maud Watson
English tennis player
Dorothy Round
British tennis player (1909–1982)
Divina Galica
racecar driver
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
British Olympic high jumper (1920–2014)
Edith Hannam
English tennis player (1878-1951)
Muriel Robb
English tennis player (1878–1907)
Dorothy Manley
British athlete (1927–2021)
Sarah Stevenson
British taekwondo athlete
June Foulds
British track and field athlete (1934–2020)
Judy Grinham
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Tasha Danvers
British athlete
Ethel Thomson Larcombe
English tennis and badminton player (1879-1965)
Shirley Strong
athletics competitor
Dorothy Holman
British tennis player (1883–1968)
Jennie Fletcher
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Karina Bryant
British judoka
Audrey Williamson
British athlete (1926–2010)
Anita Lonsbrough
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Joyce Cooper
British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1909–2002)
Lillian Board
British middle-distance runner
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Athletics (sport) competitor
Betty Nuthall
English tennis player (1911-1983)
Joanne Pavey
ESpañol long-distance runner
Sarah Storey
British swimmer, track and road cyclist
Heather Armitage
British sprinter
Winifred McNair
English tennis player (1877–1954)
Barbara Burke
British athlete (1917-1998)
Hope Powell
English association football player and manager (born 1966)
Dorothy Shirley
British athlete
Christine Truman
English tennis player
Jo Durie
British tennis player
Helen Richardson
English field hockey player