Powerful Women in Sports

Over the last 50 years, female participation in sports has seen a significant increase—in involvement, acceptance and popularity as well as in the number of spectators. Women are making considerable headway in professional athletic fields like tennis, hockey, and football. They are also doing so across all sports that have typically been male dominated, like sailing, basketball, and weightlifting. There has also been sizable growth in women’s involvement in non-professional sports. Women-led sports organizations, women’s participation in half and full marathons, and female-owned gyms and fitness studios have seen an increase across different countries and sporting activities. Here we will discover influential women in sports who are overturning stereotypes and clearing the way towards gender equality.