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Old 01-02-17, 03:53 PM   #1
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Default Org help: Who are the most famous females in sport?
OK Org, I have to put together a selection of images of the most famous/inspirational/successful sportswomen for a series of workshops for school children. The cricket bit is easy as I can include Clare Connor, Charlotte Edwards, Meg Lanning, Rachael Heyhoe Flint etc.

Who would you suggest who would be known by this age group? I've already thought of:

Venus and Serena Williams
Nicola Adams
Jessica Ennis Hill
Katherine Grainger
Steph Houghton
Kate Richardson-Walsh
Ellie Simmonds

Your suggestions are most welcome.
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Old 01-02-17, 03:56 PM   #2
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Paula Radcliffe?
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Old 01-02-17, 04:26 PM   #3
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Rachel Atherton
Shanaze Reade
Laura Trott / Kenny
Maria Sharapova
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Victoria Pendleton
Dame Kelly Holmes
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Old 01-02-17, 06:52 PM   #5
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My daughter, Lowri Davies

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Old 01-02-17, 07:15 PM   #6
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Maria Costello,anyone that can ride the TT like her deserves a big mention !!
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Martina Navratilova
Virginia Wade
Fatima Whitbread
Mary Peters
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Old 03-02-17, 02:28 PM   #8
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Martina Navratilova first wimbledon 78
Virginia Wade 77 wimbledon
Fatima Whitbread 84/88 olympics
Mary Peters 72 olympics
Ann Packer 64 olympics
the question was for sports women who would be known by school children. I would bet with the exceptions of the old gits of the org. Most people on this forum wouldn't have been born when the above were at the heights of their fame.

Oh FFS, I was born before Fatima Whitbread. I must be one of the aforementioned old gits
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Old 03-02-17, 03:11 PM   #9
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Maria Costello,anyone that can ride the TT like her deserves a big mention !!
Or Jenny Tinmouth----faster and better,but neither of them famous outside biker circles.
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Old 03-02-17, 05:01 PM   #10
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Can't believe Dame Ellen MacArthur hasn't had a mention yet..... I know sailing is seen as a bit of a toff elitist sport but what she has achieved, and if you know anything about sailing the conditions under which she achieved it, is quite simply mind blowing.
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