Can You Identify All of These Amazing Female Athletes?

By: J.P. Naomi
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Can You Identify All of These Amazing Female Athletes?
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About This Quiz

Are you ready to get your girl power on? Make way for champs on the court, the track, the mountain and the field because these female athletes are coming in hot, and we want to know if you can name them all! Will you be motivated and win gold like these champions? Or will you head home pouting like a poor sport? It's time to find out!

From Billie Jean King to Joan Benoit Samuelson and Mia Hamm to Jackie Joyner Kersee, amazing female athletes have inspired young women from generation to generation. We've watched the past performances of Mary Lou Retton and Nastia Liukin inspire those of Aly Raisman and Simone Biles today. We've watched the incredible swimming records of Dana Torres be challenged by Katie Ledecky. And we've watched as the speed and grace of Picabo Street and Katerina Witt inspire Chloe Kim and Alex Morgan of today. You see, no matter the sport or the nationality, athletes across the globe continue to inspire and challenge each other to greater heights, to more amazing feats. So now we challenge you ... think you have what it takes to recognize them all?

We're ready to take this amazing female athletes quiz to the championship level. Will you take it to the top step of the podium? Good luck!

Serena Williams
Wiki Commons
She holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles, who is this amazing tennis player?
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Chloe Kim
Maria Sharapova
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
YouTube
One of the greatest heptathletes and long-jumpers of all time, who is this track and field star?
Picabo Street
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Lolo Jones
Sheryl Swoopes
Nadia Comaneci 1976
WikiCommons by Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv Roman)
A Romanian gymnast who competed in the '70s and '80s, can you name her?
Dominique Moceanu
Mia Hamm
Nadia Comaneci
Gabby Douglas

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Diana Taurasi
Youtube
The first pick of the 2004 WNBA draft, who is this amazing basketball star?
Rebeca Lobo
Simone Biles
Sheryl Swoopes
Diana Taurasi
Mia Hamm
Mary Smith via Youtube
She played college soccer at the University of North Carolina before joining the Washington Freedom, can you name her?
Megan Rapinoe
Mia Hamm
Nancy Lopez
Dara Torres
Maria Sharapova
Wiki Commons by Yann Caradec
Born in Russia, she became the world's number one tennis player at the age of 18, who is she?
Dara Torres
Anna Kournikova
Steffi Graf
Maria Sharapova

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Billie Jean King
Wiki Commons
From 1959 - 1983, she won 39 Grand Slam titles, who is this amazing former tennis pro?
Hope Solo
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Monica Seles
Lindsey Vonn
n/a
Can you ski fast enough to keep up with this three-time Olympic medalist?
Lindsey Vonn
Picabo Street
Bonnie Blair
Katarina Witt
Ronda Rousey
ESPN
Judo was her discipline before mixed martial arts, can you name this amazing fighter?
Katarina Witt
Laila Ali
Ronda Rousey
Liz Carmouche

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Florence Griffith Joyner
Olympic via YouTube
To this day she is considered the fastest woman of all time, can you name this
Gabby Douglas
Missy Franklin
Michelle Kwan
Florence Griffith Joyner
Sheryl Swoopes
Wiki commons
Can you name this amazing athlete who was the first woman signed into the WNBA?
Sheryl Swoopes
Michelle Kwan
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Dana Vollmer
Youtube
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she set the world record for the 100-meter butterfly, can you name this amazing swimmer?
Simone Manuel
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Dana Vollmer
Picabo Street

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Steffi Graf
Wiki Commons by Chris Eason
Born in Mannheim, West Germany, this incredible tennis athlete played professionally from 1982 - 1999, do you recognize her?
Picabo Street
Steffi Graf
Anna Kournikova
Kerri Strug
Katie Ledecky
Youtube
Only 22 years old, she has won the most gold medals of any female swimmer in history, can you name her?
Katie Ledecky
Lolo Jones
Leah Smith
Alex Morgan
Kerri Walsh Jennings
BlueDiamondGrowers via Youtube
They call her Six Feet of Sunshine, can you name this amazing beach volleyball athlete?
Kerri Walsh Jennings
April Ross
Katie Ledecky
Dorothy Hamill

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Dorothy Hamill
Wiki Commons by Dennis115
She won the gold medal for her short and long programs at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, who is this amazing figure skater?
Mia Hamm
Dorothy Hamill
Nancy Kerrigan
Kristi Yamaguchi
Jenny Thompson
Youtube
Decorated Olympic swimmer turned anesthesiologist, can you name this incredible athlete?
Kristi Yamaguchi
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Lolo Jones
Skillshare
Only amazing women hurdle in the Summer Olympics and bobsled in the Winter Olympics, can you name this athlete?
Kendra Harrison
Venus Williams
Lolo Jones
Danica Patrick

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Danica Patrick
Wiki Commons by scott mecum
You either recognize her from the racetrack or GoDaddy commercials, who is she?
Danica Patrick
Alex Morgan
Simona de Silvestro
Nadia Comaneci
Picabo Street
Wiki Commons by Kingkongphoto
Winner of the 1998 Winter Olympics super G event, can you named this Hall of Fame skier?
Picabo Street
Deborah Compagnoni
Diana Taurasi
Ronda Rousey
Kerri Strug
NBC
She landed a vault performance on an injured ankle in the 1996 Olympic Games, who is this American gymnast?
Ronda Rousey
Kerri Strug
McKayla Maroney
Sheryl Swoopes

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Gabby Douglas
Elle via Youtube
A member of the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five," who is this all-around champion?
Gabby Douglas
Shannon Miller
Florence Griffith Joyner
Kerri Strug
Nastia Liukin
Youtube
She is a four-time all-around U.S. national champion, can you name this amazing gymnast?
Carly Patterson
Mia Hamm
Nastia Liukin
Dominique Moceanu
Alex Morgan
Lifetime
An Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion, do you recognize this incredible American soccer player?
Maria Sharapova
Michelle Akers
Alex Morgan
Venus Williams

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Katarina Witt
Wiki Commons by Brendan Lally
Coached by Jutta Müller, this German figure skater won gold in 1984 and 1988, who is she?
Tonya Harding
Chloe Kim
Missy Franklin
Katarina Witt
Missy Franklin
SwimSwam via Youtube
She is the current world recorder holder for the 200-meter backstroke, can you name this competitive swimmer?
Missy Franklin
Pernille Blume
Rebecca Lobo
Michelle Kwan
Chloe Kim
The Late Late Show with James Corden
At just 17 years old, she won gold in the women's halfpipe in South Korea, can you name this American snowboarder?
Chloe Kim
Michelle Kwan
Mary Lou Retton
Jenny Jones

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Lisa Leslie
Wiki Commons via Angela George
A two-time WNBA champion and three-time WBNA MVP, can you name this amazing basketball star?
Maya Moore
Simone Biles
Lisa Leslie
Mary Lou Retton
Aly Raisman
Youtube
An American gymnast and two-time Olympian, do you recognize this female athlete from Needham, Massachusetts?
Mary Lou Retton
Marion Jones
Anna Pavlova
Aly Raisman
Babe Zaharias
Unknown (Toronto Star) via Wiki Commons
She turned pro in 1947 and her real name was Mildred, can you identify this amazing golfer?
Michelle Wie
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Billie Jean King
Nadia Comaneci

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Michelle Kwan
WikiCommons via Michelle Kwan
Having competed from 1991 - 2006, she is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, can you name this athlete?
Michelle Kwan
Tara Lipinski
Lindsey Vonn
Peggy Fleming
Rebecca Lobo basketball
YouTube
Standing 6'4" tall, this UConn graduate played in the WNBA from 1997 - 2003, can you name this Hall of Famer?
Sheryl Swoopes
Rebecca Lobo
Katie Ledecky
Lauren Jackson
Hope Solo
WoSo Comps
A professional goalkeeper and member of the U.S. national team from 1996 - 2016, who is this amazing athlete?
Abby Wambach
Jenny Thompson
Hope Solo
Kerri Walsh Jennings

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Venus Williams
Wiki Commons
The older of the sibling duo, she is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, who is she?
Venus Williams
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Picabo Street
Caroline Wozniacki
Simone Biles
Good Morning America
With 25 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated American gymnast in history, can you name her?
Dominique Dawes
Kerri Strug
Simone Biles
Jenny Thompson
Nancy Lopez
Ted Van Pelt via Wiki Commons
From 1978 - 2003, she won 48 LPGA tour events including three majors, who is this amazing golfer?
Nancy Lopez
Jenny Thompson
Karrie Webb
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Kristi Yamaguchi
Wiki Commons by The Heart Truth
Not only a figure skater, she won Dancing with the Stars in 2008, who is this female athlete?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Kristi Yamaguchi
Billie Jean King
Tara Lipinski
Mary Lou Retton An American 10- Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
Olympic
She was the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in 1984, who is this famous gymnast?
Samantha Peszek
Serena Williams
Mia Hamm
Mary Lou Retton
Dara Torres
Youtube
One of the most decorated female swimmers, she has earned medals at five different Olympic Games, do you know her?
Dara Torres
Mia Hamm
Sarah Sjostrom
Maria Sharapova

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Joan Benoit Samuelson
CBS Boston via YouTube
Coached by Bob Sevene in the '70s and '80s, who is this amazing marathoner?
Shalane Flanagan
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Katie Ledecky