21st-century American sportswomen

American tennis player (1981)

Czech-American tennis player

American tennis player (born 1980)

American artistic gymnast

Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.

American soccer player

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American fashion model and television personality. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Throughout her career, Hadid has made at least 50 appearances in international Vogue. Models.com ranks her as one of the "New Supers". Since 2017, Hadid has been one of the highest-paid models in the world, earning $20 million.

American tennis player

American soccer player

American track and field athlete

American athlete

Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin is an American alpine skier. Shiffrin is the most decorated American alpine skier in World Championships history. She has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history and is the only one to have reached the milestone of 100 victories. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time Olympic medalist, an eight-time World Championships gold medalist, a six-time overall World Cup champion, and a nine-time winner of the World Cup slalom discipline title. Shiffrin, at 18 years and 345 days, became the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history in 2014.

US tennis player

French tennis player

American tennis player

US American tennis player

US American tennis player

Alysa Liu is an American figure skater. She is the 2026 Olympic champion in both women's singles and in the team event, the 2025 World champion, the 2022 World bronze medalist, the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, a four-time Challenger Series champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion.

American basketball player (born 1990)

American actress

Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American retired competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time world champion and a nine-time U.S. champion. She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record.

American television personality and retired professional boxer

Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016), also known as Joanie Laurer, was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, actress, adult actress, and television personality.

Tonya Maxene Price is an American former figure skater and boxer, and reality television personality.

American soccer player

American soccer player (born 1980)

US tennis player

American professional wrestler and actress

American female 100m sprinter

Japanese association football player

American figure skater

American sprinter

American basketball player (born 1980)

American discus thrower

American basketball player

American athletics competitor, sprinter, hurdler

American professional wrestler

Maika Monroe is an American actress. She is most notable for her leading roles in The Guest and It Follows, which established her as a scream queen. Such roles recurred in the horror films Villains (2019) and Longlegs (2024).

American basketball player

American alpine skier

American surfer (born 1990)

American female Olympic athlete

American tennis player

American hurdler

American fencer

American swimmer

Spanish tennis player

American pole vaulter

Russian-American artistic gymnast (born 1989)

American soccer player

American professional wrestler

American-Russian basketball player and coach

American Olympic judoka and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

American tennis player

American fencer

American professional wrestler

American sprinter

American long jumper

American basketball player (born 2002)

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder