{"id":13129,"date":"2025-11-30T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=13129"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:35:53","slug":"30-phenomenal-female-athletes-who-paved-the-way-in-sports-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=13129","title":{"rendered":"“30 Phenomenal Female Athletes Who Paved the Way in Sports History”"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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  1. Babe Didrikson Zaharias<\/li>\r\n
  2. Serena Williams<\/li>\r\n
  3. Simone Biles<\/li>\r\n
  4. Steffi Graf<\/li>\r\n
  5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee<\/li>\r\n
  6. Martina Navratilova<\/li>\r\n
  7. Mia Hamm<\/li>\r\n
  8. Annika S\u00f6renstam<\/li>\r\n
  9. Chris Evert<\/li>\r\n
  10. Althea Gibson<\/li>\r\n
  11. Florence Griffith-Joyner<\/li>\r\n
  12. Nadia Com\u0103neci<\/li>\r\n
  13. Gertrude Ederle<\/li>\r\n
  14. Babe Ruth<\/li>\r\n
  15. Wilma Rudolph<\/li>\r\n
  16. Cathy Freeman<\/li>\r\n
  17. Betty Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  18. Sonja Henie<\/li>\r\n
  19. Sonja Henie<\/li>\r\n
  20. Kristine Lilly<\/li>\r\n
  21. Julie Foudy<\/li>\r\n
  22. Danica Patrick<\/li>\r\n
  23. Monica Seles<\/li>\r\n
  24. Bonnie Blair<\/li>\r\n
  25. Katie Ledecky<\/li>\r\n
  26. Janet Evans<\/li>\r\n
  27. Lyn St. James<\/li>\r\n
  28. Picabo Street<\/li>\r\n
  29. Mary Lou Retton<\/li>\r\n
  30. Vivian Cheruiyot.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    These women, who broke records and shattered stereotypes, are just a few of the many female athletes who have left their mark on the world of sports. Their determination, skill, and perseverance continue to inspire future generations of female athletes and women everywhere.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Babe Didrikson Zaharias Serena Williams Simone Biles Steffi Graf Jackie Joyner-Kersee Martina Navratilova Mia Hamm Annika S\u00f6renstam Chris Evert Althea Gibson Florence Griffith-Joyner Nadia Com\u0103neci Gertrude Ederle Babe Ruth Wilma Rudolph Cathy Freeman Betty Robinson Sonja Henie Sonja Henie Kristine Lilly Julie Foudy Danica Patrick Monica Seles Bonnie Blair Katie Ledecky Janet Evans Lyn St. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16505,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13129\/revisions\/16505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}