Women in Australian Sport

By sophieknight

  • Women were first allowed to compete at Olympics

    Women were first allowed to compete at Olympics
    22 women first competed in five sports, tennis, sailing, croquet, equstriansim and golf.

  • Womens Tennis

    Womens Tennis
    the first year that a women's event was held at the Australian Open tennis.

  • Jodie Cooper, Pam Burridge, Pauline Menczer, Wendy Botha, Lisa Andersen and Layne Beachley

    Jodie Cooper, Pam Burridge, Pauline Menczer, Wendy Botha, Lisa Andersen and Layne Beachley
    Fought for the rights to compete in surfing and to get paid equally to men

  • Zoe Hobbs

    Zoe Hobbs
    fastest women's 100 metres time in Australia. her time was 10.97s

  • Cathy Freeman

    Cathy Freeman
    Won gold, 400m sprint at the 2000 Olympic Games

  • Nadia Comaneci

    Nadia Comaneci
    The first person to ever receive a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event.

  • Keely SMALL

    Keely SMALL
    800 Metres