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page 121st-century African-American sportswomen
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
Venus Williams
American tennis player (born 1980)
Simone Biles
American artistic gymnast
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American track and field athlete
Allyson Felix
American track and field athlete
Marion Jones
American athlete
Coco Gauff
American tennis player
Sloane Stephens
US American tennis player
Madison Keys
US American tennis player
Brittney Griner
American basketball player (born 1990)
Laila Ali
American television personality and retired professional boxer
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
American hurdler and sprinter
Carmelita Jeter
American female 100m sprinter
Evelyn Ashford
American sprinter
Gabby Thomas
American track-and-field athlete (1996-)
Sha'Carri Richardson
American sprinter
Gail Devers
American athletics competitor, sprinter, hurdler
Dalilah Muhammad
American hurdler
Lisa Leslie
American basketball player
Taylor Townsend
US American tennis player
Alice Coachman
American high jumper (1923–2014)
Christen Press
American soccer player
Ibtihaj Muhammad
American fencer
Candace Parker
American basketball player
Kendra Harrison
American hurdler
Brittney Reese
American female Olympic athlete
Athing Mu
South Sudanese-American middle-distance runner
Wyomia Tyus
American sprinter
Vix Crow
American professional wrestler
Tori Bowie
American sprinter and long jumper
Gabby Douglas
American gymnast
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta
American long jumper
Michelle Carter
American shot putter
Lauryn Williams
American sprint athlete
Gwen Torrence
American sprinter
Tara Davis-Woodhall
American track and field athlete
Naomi
American professional wrestler
Claressa Shields
American boxer
Simone Manuel
American swimmer
Lolo Jones
American athletics competitor and bobsledder
Tamika Catchings
American Hall of Fame basketball player
Sheryl Swoopes
American basketball player
Bianca Belair
American professional wrestler
Maya Moore
American basketball player
Teresa Edwards
American basketball player
Sydney Leroux
Canadian-born American soccer player
Inger Miller
athletics competitor
Nia Ali
American athletics competitor
Shannon Boxx
American soccer player
Crystal Dunn
American soccer player
Mallory Swanson
American soccer player
Bianca Knight
American sprinter
Chanda Rubin
American tennis player
Chaunté Lowe
American high jumper
English Gardner
American sprinter
Natasha Hastings
American sprinter
Elana Meyers Taylor
Elana Meyers Taylor is an American Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Born in Oceanside, California, Meyers Taylor was raised in Douglasville, Georgia and is a graduate of George Washington University, where she was a member of the softball team. After three silver and two bronze medals at the previous four Olympic Games, Meyers Taylor won her first gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics at age 41. She is also a four-time World Champion, winning two gold medals each in the two-woman and mixed team events.
Torri Edwards
American sprinter
DeLisha Milton-Jones
American basketball player
Dawn Staley
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. Widely considered to be one of the greatest players and coaches in the history of the sport, she is the only person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach.