| "> | | | | Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Ruiz hails from |
| History | | | | Hawaii. |
| 1900 America's Margaret Abbott won the gold | | | | 1983 Caracas, Venezuela. At the IX Pan American |
| medal at the Second Summer Games in Paris, | | | | Games, the U.S. women's basketball team upset |
| France. She became the first American woman to | | | | Cuba for the gold medal. The Pan American |
| win a gold medal in Olympic history. | | | | champions were: Patty Hedges, Cheryl Cook, |
| 1926 Gertrude Ederle -at the age of 19-- became | | | | Lynette Woodard, Ann Donovan, Lataunya Pollard, |
| the first woman to swim the English Channel. She | | | | Cheryl Miller, Janice Lawrence, Cynthia Noble, |
| accomplished the feat in 14 hrs and 31 minutes. | | | | Kymberly Mulkey, Denisf Durry, Pamela Mc Gee, |
| Miss Ederle hails from New York City. | | | | and Ingram Lisa. |
| 1928 Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly | | | | 1984 Los Angeles, CA. The First Women's |
| the Atlantic. She flew across the Atlantic Ocean | | | | Olympic Marathon was won by Joan Benoit (2h. |
| alone - the first woman to do this. She met King | | | | 24m. 52s ). |
| George V of England and became friends with the | | | | 1986 The U.S. women's water polo team finished |
| U.S. president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. | | | | third in the World Championships. |
| 1960 African-American Wilma Rudolph was one of | | | | 1986 Matsue City, Japan. California's volleyball |
| the world's best athletes. Without a doubt, she | | | | player Flo Hyman died. She helped popularize |
| attracted widespread international attention at the | | | | volleyball in the States as had only Ron Lang |
| 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. During that | | | | before her. During her sporting career, between |
| competition she won 3 gold medals -- 100m ( | | | | 1972 and 1984, she had attended several |
| 11.0s ), 200m ( 24.0s ) and 4x 100m ( 44.5s ). | | | | international events such as Olympic Games ( Los |
| 1953 The American basketball team won the First | | | | Angeles '84), World University Games (Moscow |
| World Championship in Santiago de Chile (South | | | | '73), World Cups (1977 and 1981), World |
| America). | | | | Championships (Mexico'74, Moscow'78, and |
| 1968 Mexico City, Mexico. Sixteen-year-old Debbie | | | | Peru'82) and the Pan American Games (Mexico |
| Elizabeth Meyer became the first female | | | | City '75, San Juan'79, Caracas'83). She is |
| swimmer in history to win three Olympic gold | | | | undoubtedly one of the best volleyball players in |
| medals. | | | | history. |
| 1976 The United States of America sent 119 | | | | 1988 Seoul, South Korea. During her brief but |
| sportswomen to the XXI Summer Olympics. | | | | important career as a sportswoman, Delorez |
| America's archer Luann Ryon won a gold medal in | | | | Florence Griffith Joyner was one of the world's |
| Montreal, Canada. | | | | most famous athletes. This black sprinter gained |
| 1979 New York City,NY. Tracy Austin, who was | | | | fame when she won four medals - 3 of them |
| born in 1962, became the youngest player to win | | | | gold-and achieved world records at the 1988 |
| United States Open Tennis title. | | | | Korea Olympics. Months later she won the 1988 |
| 1982 Trujillo & Lima ( Peru ). The U.S. | | | | Sullivan Award, the highest sports award in the |
| women's volleyball squad claimed the bronze | | | | States. |
| medal at the FIVB World Championships. In this | | | | 1996 Atlanta, GA. The U.S. women's soccer team, |
| tournament, America, led by Flo Hyman, was the | | | | led by Mia Hamm, won the gold medal at the |
| only team to have beaten the People's Republic of | | | | Olympic Games. |
| China-the world's most successful team. Hyman | | | | 2000 Sydney, Australia. The U.S. women's |
| -one of the taller athletes at 1. 94cm-- was an | | | | basketball team, led by Teresa Edwards, earned |
| immense barrier during the IV World Cup in | | | | the gold medal at the Millennium Olympic Games. |
| Tokyo (Japan), where she was named the best | | | | Teresa was one of the world's most successful |
| blocker. | | | | players in the 20th century. She has won more |
| 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the FINA World | | | | Olympic titles-Los Angeles '84, Seoul '88, Atlanta |
| Championships, Tracie Ruiz, at 19, won her first | | | | '96, Sydney '00 -- than any other U.S. player and |
| gold medal by triumphing in the solo event. She | | | | more than any other female from any country. |
| was inducted into the International Women's | | | | |