List of Australian sportswomen

List of notable Australian sportswomen. List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame,^[1] Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized through public opinion lists.^[2] The list is not exhaustive.

Athletics

Judy Amoore – Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Raelene Boyle – multiple Olympic medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Maureen Caird – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Betty Cuthbert – multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Shirley de la Hunty – multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jane Flemming – multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Debbie Flintoff-King – Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Cathy Freeman – Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Tracey Freeman – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Marjorie Jackson – multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Pam Kilborn – multiple Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Lisa Llorens – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Marlene Mathews – multiple Olympic medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Lisa McIntosh – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Decima Norman – multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Glynis Nunn – Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Lisa Ondieki – Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Sally Pearson – Olympic games gold medalist
Alison Quinn – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Louise Sauvage – multiple Paralaympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Donna Smith – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Katrina Webb – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Jodi Willis – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Amy Winters – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist

Basketball

Suzy Batkovic – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Sandy Brondello – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Donna Burns – gold medalist at 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap
Trisha Fallon – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Kristi Harrower – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Lauren Jackson – multiple Olympic Games medalist and three-time WNBA MVP; 2021 inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Erin Phillips – Olympic Games medalist and multiple FIBA World Cup medalist; also two-time MVP of AFL Women's in Australian rules football
Rachael Sporn – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Penny Taylor – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Liesl Tesch – multiple Paralympic medalist and gold medalist in sailing.
Michele Timms – multiple Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Canoeing

Katrin Borchert – multiple Olympic medalist
Jessica Fox – Olympic Games and world championship gold medalist
Anna Wood – multiple Olympic medalist
Danielle Woodward – Olympic Games medalist

Cricket

Belinda Clark – former captain and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Ellyse Perry – dual international cricket and football
Karen Rolton – former leading batsman
Lisa Sthalekar – former leading all rounder
Betty Wilson – former leading batsman and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Cycling

Sara Carrigan – Olympic Games gold medalist
Michelle Ferris – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Anna Meares – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Kathy Watt – Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Diving

Brittany Broben – Olympic Games individual medallist
Jenny Donnet – multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Chantelle Newbery – Olympic Games gold medalist
Loudy Wiggins – multiple Olympic Games medalist
Melissa Wu – multiple Olympic Games medalist

Equestrian

Julie Higgins – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Gillian Rolton – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Wendy Schaeffer – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Golf

Edwina Kennedy – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jan Stephenson – Sport Australia Hall of Fame and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee
Karrie Webb – winner of multiple women's major championships and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee
Leonara Wray – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Gymnastics

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 2002) - Olympic rhythmic gymnast
Lauren Mitchell – World champion gold medalist
Monette Russo – World champion medalist

Hockey

Alyson Annan – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Sharon Buchanan – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Diane Gorman – former captain and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Rechelle Hawkes – multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jacqueline Pereira – multiple Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Nova Peris – Olympic Games gold medalist and Commonwealth Games gold medalist in athletics
Liane Tooth – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Horse racing

Gai Waterhouse – leading Australian trainer

Motor sport

Amanda Sparks – leading Australian driver
Leanne Tander – leading Australian driver

Lacrosse

Jen Adams – world champion, NCAA Lacrosse legend
Hannah Nielsen – world champion
Wendy Piltz – world champion
Jenny Williams – world champion

Netball

Margaret Caldow – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jane Cowan – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Michelle den Dekker – leading defender, World and Commonwealth Games champion, longest reigning Captain, elite coach
Liz Ellis – leading defender and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Sharelle McMahon – leading Australian shooter
Anne Sargeant – leading goal shooter and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Vicki Wilson – leading goal shooter and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Polocrosse

Kylie Dowling – Western Australian, polocrosse rider

Rowing

Kim Crow – Olympic Games multiple medalist
Adair Ferguson – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Megan Marcks – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Kate Slatter – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Sailing

Jenny Armstrong – Olympic Games gold medalist
Kay Cottee – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Tessa Parkinson – Olympic Games gold medalist
Elise Rechichi – Olympic Games gold medalist
Belinda Stowell – Olympic Games gold medalist
Liesl Tesch – Paralympic Games gold medalist

Shooting

Suzanne Balogh – Olympic Games gold medalist
Libby Kosmala – Multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Judith Trim – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Skateboarding

Arisa Trew – Olympic medalist

Skiing

Torah Bright – Olympic Games gold medalist
Alisa Camplin – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jacqui Cooper – world champion
Lydia Lassila – Olympic Games gold medalist
Kirstie Marshall – world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Anna Segal – Olympic freestyle skier and two-time world champion
Zali Steggall – Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Soccer

Melissa Barbieri – former Australian captain
Ashley Brown – player for Melbourne Victory
Sam Kerr – current Australia captain; all-time leading goal scorer for the W-League and the US National Women's Soccer League; two-time NWSL MVP
Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – footballer
Julie Murray – early professional pioneer
Ellyse Perry – dual international cricket and football
Cheryl Salisbury – former Australian captain
Kyah Simon – first Aboriginal Australian footballer to score a goal at a World Cup final
Sarah Walsh

Softball

Joyce Lester – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Marjorie Nelson – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Squash

Vicki Cardwell – multiple British Open and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Sarah Fitz-Gerald – multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Michelle Martin – multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Heather McKay – multiple British Open and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Surf life saving

Reen Corbett – former Australian champion
Karla Gilbert – former Australian champion

Surfing

Layne Beachley – multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Wendy Botha – multiple world champion
Pam Burridge – world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Stephanie Gilmore – multiple world champion

Swimming

Cate Campbell – multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships
Melissa Carlton – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Ellie Cole – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Priya Cooper – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Alicia Coutts – multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Lorraine Crapp – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Anne Currie – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Gemma Dashwood – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Clare Dennis – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Fanny Durack – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Elizabeth Edmondson – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Michelle Ford – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Dawn Fraser – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Tracey Freeman – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Jacqueline Freney – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Shane Gould – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jodie Henry – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Daphne Hilton – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Liesel Jones – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Annette Kellerman – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Ilsa Konrads – Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Hayley Lewis – multiple Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Libby Lenton – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Lyn McClements – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Emma McKeon – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Kaylee McKeown – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Bonnie Mealing – Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Karen Moras – multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Gail Neall – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Susan O'Neill – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Siobhan Paton – multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Stephanie Rice – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist
Jessica Schipper – multiple world champion
Emily Seebohm – multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships
Petria Thomas – multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Ariarne Titmus – multiple Olympic Games gold medallist
Beverley Whitfield – Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Tracey Wickham – multiple world champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Mina Wylie – Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Taekwondo

Lauren Burns – Olympic Games gold medalist

Tennis

Eva Duldig

Ashleigh Barty – multiple grand slam champion and two-time year-end world #1 player
Lesley Bowrey – multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Margaret Court – multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Eva Duldig (born 1938) – Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
Evonne Goolagong – multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Sam Stosur – grand slam champion

Triathlon

Emma Carney – world champion
Jackie Gallagher – world champion
Nicole Hackett – world champion
Loretta Harrop – Olympic Games medalist and world champion
Michellie Jones – Olympic medalist and world champion
Joanne King – world champion
Emma Moffatt – Olympic medalist and world champion
Emma Snowsill – Olympic gold medalist and world champion

Volleyball

Natalie Cook – Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball
Kerri Pottharst – Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball

Water polo

Sienna Green (born 2004) – water polo Olympian
Debbie Watson – Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

References

^ "Athlete Members". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
^ "Top 100 Australian Sportswomen of All Time". Sport for Women website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

External links

[sahof-1] "Athlete Members". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

[2] "Top 100 Australian Sportswomen of All Time". Sport for Women website. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

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