The long road to Olympic gender equality

New Zealand archer Neroli Fairhall was the first paraplegic athlete and Paralympian to qualify for the Olympic Games.

In 1990, Flor Isava Fonseca became the first female

Two years after she won three medals at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to ever

Birgit Fisher is the only woman to have won gold at six different Olympic Games. She competed in ....

Nadia Comăneci was the first-ever gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded a perfect score on the uneven bars. She was

There is still a gender gap across leadership roles at the Games. At Tokyo 2020 what percentage of coaches were women?

Betty Robinson was the first to be crowned ‘the fastest woman on earth’ winning Olympic gold in the 100-metre sprint at

The first individual events available for female athletes to compete in at the Olympic Games were

Wilma Rudolph suffered poor health as a child and was told she would never walk again. How many gold medals did she win?

Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the 1967 Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor even though

The women's 800m was not reinstated into the official Olympic programme until 1960 because

Sarah Storey made her Paralympic debut in swimming where she won 5 gold medals. She then won 9 more gold medals in ....

Betty Cuthbert was the first athlete in history to win Olympic titles in the 100m, 200m and 400m.

A rule change at Tokyo 2020 allowing 1 male and 1 female athlete to jointly carry their flag during the opening ceremony

Algeria’s Hassiba Boulmerka, a pioneer of women’s sport in the Arab world, won an Olympic title for her country at the

Suzanne Lenglen lead the way for women to wear skirts above the knee in tennis to facilitate movement. She won Wimbledon

Mildred Didrikson competed at elite level in six separate disciplines. She won two golds and a silver in

Nawal El Moutawakel was the first African and Muslim woman to win a gold medal at the Games. She competed in the

Women first competed at the Olympic Games in

Charlotte Cooper was the first woman to become an Olympic champion by winning a gold medal in