Women in sport
Stories of female sporting achievement
First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfing
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
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Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 years
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
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Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
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The first Women's Euros
Between 1982 and 1984, UEFA held the first European Competition for Women's Football
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Janet Guthrie: The first woman at the Indianapolis 500
How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race
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Diving into the world's largest iceberg
Canadian diver Jill Heinerth was the first woman to enter the caves of a giant iceberg
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The struggle for women's football in Afghanistan
Former captain Shamila Kohestani on why football in Afghanistan was more than a game
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Nadine Angerer: Germany’s penalty-saving heroine
How Nadine Angerer became Germany's penalty saving heroine
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Rose Reilly
Banned from playing football in her native Scotland, Rose Reilly represented Italy.
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The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
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Cathy Freeman, the Star of the Sydney Olympics
The aboriginal runner who lit the Olympic cauldron and went on to win the 400m event
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The Toughest Dog-Sled Race in the World
The first woman to win the Iditarod race through 1000 miles of wilderness in Alaska
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Nadia Comaneci
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
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Jutta Kleinschmidt - Woman Winner of the Paris-Dakar Rally
The first and only woman to win one of the biggest events in motorsport.
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Brandi Chastain: It's Not About the Bra
The American footballer who won the World Cup, then tore off her shirt to reveal her bra.
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Kathrine Switzer, women's marathon pioneer
The American athlete who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon
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Tegla Loroupe wins NY Marathon
How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon
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Pakistan's First Women Cricketers
The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.
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Hassiba Boulmerka Defies Death Threats
How the Algerian runner's success made her a political opponent for extremists
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Silken Laumann - Unsinkable!
The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992
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Esther Vergeer
The inspiring Dutch wheelchair tennis player who went undefeated for more than a decade.
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Sylvia Gore and the start of Women's Football
The Midfielder who Scored the First Ever International Goal for the England Women's Team.
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Katarina Witt
The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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Tanya Streeter Record Free Diver
In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m
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