Who is the greatest and most important USA female athlete of all time?
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A question like this of course is always open for debate, but my choice would be figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. She overcame so much trauma and adversity to not only compete, but to win a silver model. Her performance was courageousAnyone knoe wher i can get free b-ball stuff?
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born March 3, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illionis. She won three gold, one silver and one bronze Olympic medals. She was the first woman to score 7,000 points in a heptathlon event (during the 1986 Goodwill Games).Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was born June 26, 1913 in Port Arthur, Texas. She was considered to be perhaps the greatest all-around female athlete of all time. She achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball and track and field. She has won 2 gold and 1 silver medal in 1932 Olympic games.
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born June 23, 1940 in Clarksville, Tennessee. At an early age it was discovered she had polio. Finally at age 12, she could walk normally. she decided to become an athlete on the influence of a track coach. She later became a track star, competing at the 1956 Summer Olympics at the age of 16 where she won a bronze medal in the 4x100 m relay. After high school, Rudolph was granted a full scholarship to Tennessee State University where she ultimately received her Bachelor's degree in education in 1963. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she won three Olympic titles; in the 100 m, 200 m and the 4 x 100 m relay. In 1961, Rudolph received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States.
Billie Jean Moffitt King (born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California) is a retired tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She is generally considered to be one of the greatest female tennis players and female athletes in history. King has been an outspoken advocate against sexism in sports and society. The tennis match for which the public best remembers her is the "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated Bobby Riggs, a former Wimbledon men's champion who had been ranked the "World's Number 1" tennis player for the years 1941, 1946, and 1947.
Billie Jean Moffitt King was born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California.During her career, she won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She is generally considered to be one of the greatest female tennis players and female athletes in history. King has been an outspoken advocate against sexism in sports and society. The tennis match for which the public best remembers her is the "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated Bobby Riggs.
King promoted the Virgina Slims tennis tour when it was just begining. She help found the World Team Tennis and also founded the Womens Sports Foundation.
For NonAmericans-Do you ever get tired of seeing the US dominate the olympics?
mia hammMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias is the answer
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