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About This Quiz
When we used to think of sports, we only thought of men. But these women have been working hard over the years to make sure that not only do they get their names out there but that the gender on a whole is recognized for its athletic feats and prowess. We've compiled a list of some of the best female athletes in the world, some who still play today, others who have retired, and some who have passed, to make the best female sports star identification quiz on the internet. Do you think you can handle it?
We've all heard about Venus and Serena Williams, and of course, the uncomparable Laila Ali and Rhonda Rousey, but do you know who Kacy Catanzaro is? She's a woman who broke barriers and opened the door for many other women to join and succeed at the ultimate athletics challenge, Ninja Warrior. And sure you know who Simone Biles is, but do you remember Nadia Comaneci? She's a former five-time Olympic gold gymnast and was the first to receive a perfect score at the Olympic games.
So, you see, it's not just about our current stars. We have women from all around the world, who play a variety of sports. So are you ready to identify them all? Let's get started.
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Which athlete is this?
Tina Fey
Kim Kardashian
Serena Williams
Olympic Gold medalist and professional American tennis player Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Trans World Sport via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Claressa Shields
This professional boxer officially went pro in November 2016; she is the holder of the female super middleweight title since 2017.
Lisa Leslie
Beyonce
Florence Griffith Joyner
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Gwen Jorgensen via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Ellen DeGeneres
Bonnie Blair
Amy Schumer
Gwen Jorgensen
She is an American professional triathlete who was part of the 2016 Summer Olympics and earned USA's first triathlon gold medal.
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Which athlete is this?
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Katie Ledecky
This American swimmer is a 14-time world champion and the record holder for the 1500-meter freestyle.
Martina Navratilova
Dara Torres
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Which athlete is this?
Chris Evert
Steffi Graf
German-born professional tennis player who became the first and only tennis player to win the Golden Slam.
Sarah Silverman
Annika Sorenstam
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BNP Paribas Open via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Natalie Coughlin
Wilma Rudolph
Mary Lou Retton
Caroline Wozniacki
This Danish professional tennis player is the first woman of Scandinavian descent to hold the #1 ranking on the Women's Tennis Association tour.
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Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Simone Biles
American gymnast Simone Biles, is a three-time world floor champion and has won a combined total of 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Althea Gibson
Sonja Henie
Angelina Jolie
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Which athlete is this?
Billie Jean King
This former professional tennis player won 39 Grand Slam titles and 20 Wimbledon championship titles.
Peggy Fleming
Tina Fey
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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homemadesimple via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Beyonce
Kim Kardashian
Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix is an American track and field sprinter who is the only female track and field athlete to have ever won six Olympic gold medals.
Joan Rivers
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Mary Smith via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Tonya Harding
Jennie Finch
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm is a retired two-time Olympic gold medalist, who played as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team. She holds the record for most international goals scored.
Jennifer Aniston
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Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Bonnie Blair
Wilma Rudolph
Aly Raisman
Aly Raisman is a two-time Olympian and former captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five" U.S women's Olympic team. Aly Raisman started gymnastics when she was two years old.
Lisa Leslie
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Sean Carpenter via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Mary Lou Retton
Stacy Lewis
This American-born professional golfer has won two major championships and was the LPGA Player of the Year in 2014.
Amy Schumer
Ellen DeGeneres
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Which athlete is this?
Maria Sharapova
She is a professional tennis player, who is the only Russian to hold the career Grand Slam.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Natalie Coughlin
Althea Gibson
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Luis Bernardo Maldonado Olvera via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Beyonce
Martina Navratilova
Tina Fey
Carmen Jorda
This Spanish motor racer was one of 11 women to be part of a Formula 1 team. She is the daughter of former racing driver Jose Miguel Jorda.
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Which athlete is this?
Nancy Lopez
Eugenie Bouchard
In 2014, she was the first Canadian professional tennis player to reach the finals of a Grand Slam.
Dara Torres
Chris Evert
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Which athlete is this?
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Sarah Silverman
Kim Kardashian
Simona Halep
This Romanian-born professional tennis player won her first six WTA titles in 2013 and has an aggressive style of play.
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NBC
Which athlete is this?
Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova is a former Russian professional tennis player who received celebrity status and was #1 in the world with doubles partner, Martina Hingis.
Tonya Harding
Angelina Jolie
Paula Radcliffe
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Golf.com via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Annika Sorenstam
Beatriz Recari
This Spanish professional golfer went pro at the age of 18 while studying economics and is currently #119 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Florence Griffith Joyner
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Which athlete is this?
Wilma Rudolph
Bonnie Blair
Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Comaneci, a former Romanian gymnast, is the first gymnast to successfully perform an aerial cartwheel-back handspring flight series on the balance beam.
Lisa Leslie
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kinu85 via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Peggy Fleming
Mary Lou Retton
Sonja Henie
Ana Icanovic
She was ranked #1 in the world in 2008; this Serbian tennis player won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions in 2010 and 2011.
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Which athlete is this?
Beyonce
Joan Rivers
Danica Patrick
This professional race car driver became the first and only female to win an Indy Car Series.
Dara Torres
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TownofDanvilleCA via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Maggie Steffens
Maggie Steffens is an American water polo athlete who won a gold medal at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Tina Fey
Ellen DeGeneres
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Dream Eskimo via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Amy Schumer
Martina Navratilova
Jennie Finch
Holly Holm
This American mixed martial artist captured the bantamweight title by giving Rhonda Rousey her first loss in the sport.
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BlueDiamondGrowers via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Kerri Walsh Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player who was a gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Natalie Coughlin
Nancy Lopez
Chris Evert
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Geena Davis Institute via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Florence Griffith Joyner
Wilma Rudolph
Lisa Leslie
Geena Davis
This American actress and archer finished 29th among 300 women in the national championships which made her eligible for the United States Olympic semifinals in 1999.
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UR Medicine via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Kim Kardashian
Jennifer Aniston
Jenn Suhr
This American pole vaulter has been ranked as #1 in the world, has won 15 National Championships and a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic games.
Dara Torres
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Wisconsin Badgers via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Sonja Henie
Meghan Duggan
This athlete plays forward for the United States ice hockey team. She has represented the U.S in three Women's World Championships.
Althea Gibson
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Which athlete is this?
Rhonda Rousey
She is the former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and former mixed martial artist and judoka. Currently, she is signed to WWE.
Mary Lou Retton
Annika Sorenstam
Angelina Jolie
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Which athlete is this?
Lindsey Vonn
This American ski racer has won four World Cup championships and a record eight World Cup season titles in downhill skiing.
Oprah Winfrey
Joan Rivers
Peggy Fleming
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MovementEntertainment via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Ali Krieger
Ali Krieger is a member of the United States women's national soccer team, who plays as a defender and has won a FIFA Women's World Cup championship.
Bonnie Blair
Beyonce
Kerri Walsh Jennings
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zlatatretra via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Kim Kardashian
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who is the first woman in history to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100 meter race.
Tina Fey
Ellen DeGeneres
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CrossFit® via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Sarah Silverman
Lisa Leslie
Samantha Briggs
Samantha Briggs is an English-born CrossFit athlete who is known for winning the CrossFit Games in 2013. Briggs is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 135 lbs.
Chris Evert
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Wiki Commons
Which athlete is this?
Wilma Rudolph
Venus Williams
Ranked eighth in the world, this American-born professional tennis player has won four Olympic gold medals.
Amy Schumer
Martina Navratilova
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Kacy Catanzaro via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Natalie Coughlin
Kacy Catanzaro
This American gymnast is the first woman to complete a City Finals course on the sporting challenge television show, "American Ninja Warrior."
Florence Griffith Joyner
Tonya Harding
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Alllure via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Nancy Lopez
Jennie Finch
Sonja Henie
Michelle Waterson
She is ranked at #7 in the UFC'S women's strawweight division; Waterson is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion.
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WoSo Comps
Which athlete is this?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Althea Gibson
Hope Solo
Hope Solo is an American goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team and two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup champion.
Jennifer Aniston
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Elle via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Annika Sorenstam
Dara Torres
Gabby Douglas
A member of the "Fierce Five" United States women's national gymnastics team, Douglas has won nine Olympic gold medals.
Kim Kardashian
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IAAF Athletics via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Oprah Winfrey
Mary Lou Retton
Genzebe Dibiba
Genzebe Dibaba is an Ethiopian-born long distance runner who won the Olympic silver medal in the 1500 meter race at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Kerri Walsh Jennings
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PeopleTV via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Laila Ali
Daughter of legendary champion Muhammed Ali, this retired professional boxer held the WBC, IBA female super middleweight titles and IWBF light heavyweight title.
Bonnie Blair
Joan Rivers
Angelina Jolie
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Sports Illustratedvia Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Amy Schumer
Beyonce
Ellen DeGeneres
Sloane Stephens
She became the first American woman other than the Williams sisters to win a Grand Slam.
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Wiki commons
Which athlete is this?
Tina Fey
Lisa Leslie
Wilma Rudolph
Maya Moore
Maya Moore is a professional basketball player who plays small forward for the Minnesota Lynx. She has won two Olympic gold medals representing the United States.
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Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill is a retired American figure skater who captured gold in the ladies' singles category at both the 1976 Olympics and the World Championships,
Peggy Fleming
Martina Navratilova
Sarah Silverman
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SwimSwam via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Jennifer Aniston
Missy Franklin
Five-time Olympic gold medalist and holder of the world record in the 200 meter backstroke, Franklin is 6 feet, 1 inch tall. She was born in the U.S.
Chris Evert
Sonja Henie
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WNBA via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Natalie Coughlin
Florence Griffith Joyner
Skylar Diggins
American-born professional basketball player Skylar Diggins is 5 feet 9 inches tall and plays for the Dallas Wings as a point guard.
Tonya Harding
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AJ Totty via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Nancy Lopez
Kim Kardashian
RIhanna
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Jessica Ennis-Hill is a retired British track and field athlete who is a former record holder for the 100 meter hurdles, indoor pentathlon and high jump.
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Wiki commons
Which athlete is this?
Althea Gibson
Candace Parker
Playing as a power forward or center, this American professional basketball player won a WNBA Championship in 2016 with her team, the Los Angeles Sparks.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Annika Sorenstam
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Teen Vogue via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland is the first African-American ballet dancer to be promoted to a principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre in its 75-year history.
Joan Rivers
Oprah Winfrey
Bonnie Blair
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Shiseido Malaysia via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Dara Torres
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Darya Klishina
Darya Klishina is a Russian long jumper with a personal best of 7.05 meters. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships.
Mary Lou Retton
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Rush Club Nation via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Wilma Rudolph
Ellen DeGeneres
Amy Schumer
Christmas Abbott
CrossFit competitor Christmas Abbott weighs 121 lbs. and is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. She began her journey as an athlete in 2006.
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ASICS America via Youtube
Which athlete is this?
Lisa Leslie
Beyonce
Lolo Jones
This athlete is an American hurdler and bobsledder. Jones won a gold medal as part of the U.S national mixed bobsled team at the 2013 World Championships.
Tina Fey
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You Got:
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WNBA via Youtube/CrossFit® via Youtube/kinu85 via Youtube