Sports



First woman to win an Olympic gold medal
Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)

First professional woman bullfighter
Patrica McCormick (1952)

First American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics
Wilma Rudolph, Rome Olympics (1960 Sep 7)

First women’s Olympic marathon champion
Joan Benoit, Los Angels Summer Olympics (1984)

First Indian woman to win a round at a Grand Slam
Nirupama Vaidyanathan beat Italain Gloria Pizzichini in the first round of the Australian Open (1998)

Indian woman in the third round (highest so far) of a tennis Grand Slam event
Sania Mirza, singles category of the Australian open (2005 Jan)

First woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon
Althea Gibson (1957)

First woman chess grandmaster of India
S.Vijayalakshmi (2000)

First Indian woman to win a individual gold medal to win a Grand Slam
Maureen Catherne (“Little Mo”) Connolly (1953)

First Indian to win an individual Olympic gold
Abhinav Bindra (2008)