Girls Sport Successes

Girls Sport Successes

Over the Years girls and Women have achieved many things. Here is a list of some of the most amazing successes!

  • Mary Queen of Scots - said to have been the first women to play golf in Scotland



  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee - competed in four olympic games for the USA and won medals for the Heptathlon and the long jump



  • Gertrude Ederle - in 1926, Ederle became the first women to swim the English Channel



  • England Ladies Rugby Team - Won the Rugby World cup in 2014



  • Danika Patrick - She became the first woman to compete in Indianapolis 500 in 2005.



  • Serena Williams - has won 21 Grand Slam tennis titles



  • Billie-Jean King - She made history in the late 1960s early 1970s, after holding 39 Grand Slam titles



  • Nadia Comaneci - At the age of 14, she got a perfect score of ten from her performane on the uneven bars

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