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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.

Raylene 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
Debbie Flintoff-King - Olympic gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jane Flemming - multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist
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
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
Judy Amoore - Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Alison Quinn - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Pam Kilborn - multiple Olympic Games individual medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
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
Trisha Fallon - multiple Olympic Games medalist
Kristi Harrower - multiple Olympic Games medalist
Lauren Jackson - multiple Olympic Games medalist
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
Donna Burns - gold medalist at 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap

Bowls

Lynsey Armitage - Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Karen Murphy - Commonwealth Games gold medalist

Canoeing

Jessica Fox - Olympic Games medalist
Katrin Borchert - multiple Olympic 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
Lisa Sthalekar - former leading all rounder
Karen Rolton - former leading batsman
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

Football

Melissa Barbieri - former Australian captain
Julie Murray - early professional pioneer
Ellyse Perry - dual international cricket and football
Cheryl Salisbury - former Australian captain
Sarah Walsh
Kyah Simon - First Aboriginal Australian footballer to score a goal at a World Cup final

Golf

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

Gymnastics

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
Jenny Williams (sportsperson) - world champion
Wendy Piltz - world champion
Hannah Nielsen - world champion

Netball

Margaret Caldow - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Jane Cowan - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
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
Michelle den Dekker - leading defender, World and Commonwealth Games champion, Longest reigning Captain, elite coach

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

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
Zali Steggall - Olympic Games medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

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

Karla Gilbert - former Australian champion
Reen Corbett - former Australian champion
Kristy Cameron - 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

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
Jacqueline Freney - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
Shane Gould - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Tracey Freeman - multiple Paralympic Games gold medalist
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
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
Petria Thomas - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
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

Table tennis

Suzy Javor - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

Taekwondo

Lauren Burns - Olympic Games gold medalist

Tennis

Lesley Bowrey - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Evonne Goolagong - multiple grand slam champion and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Margaret Court - 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
Loretta Harrop - Olympic Games medalist and word champion
Nicole Hackett - 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

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.

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