Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Sports Notability

WiR redlist index: Sports Notability

Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR). Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our scope is women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues, broadly construed. This list of red links is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles on the English Wikipedia. Please note however that the red links on this list may well not be suitable as the basis for an article. All new articles must satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria with reliable independent sources.

This is a list of redlinks of women that pass specific criteria of Wikipedia:Notability (sports). Please note that they need to also pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.

Athletics

Top 8 of World Marathon Majors, this is a focus on winners

• Berlin Marathon: Jutta von Haase 1974, 1976, 1979, Ursula Blaschke 1978, Gerlinde Püttmann 1980, Angelika Stephan 1981, Jean Lochhead 1982,
• Chicago Marathon wheelchair division: Jonnie Baylark 1984 and 1986, Jayne Fortson 1985, Ann Walters 1991-96, Miriam Nibley 1999 and 2004, Tricia Downing 2002, Miriam Ladner 2005-06
• Boston Marathon wheelchair division: Susan Shapiro 1978. Sheryl Bair 1979, Sharon Limpert 1980, Sherry Ramsey 1983-84
• New York City Marathon wheelchair division: Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan 2000

Top 3 at the IAAF Golden League, focus on winners

• Claire Gibson - 2009 Bislett Games 800 m

Curling

• Winner at a Grand Slam of Curling event:
  • Past events: Andra Harmark (2007 Sobeys Slam), Leigh Armstrong (2012 Autumn Gold), Canad Inns Women's Classic: Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac (2006), Cindy Simmons (2008), Lawnie MacDonald & Rona Pasika (2011)

Figure Skating

• Inductees of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame - Gladys Hogg (1999), Joyce Hisey (2009), Sonia Bianchetti Garbato (2015)
• Inductees of United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame - Nancy Meiss (2009), Linda Hadley (2011), Lynn Benson (2014), Anne Gerli (2015), Ricky Harris (figure skating) mispelt as Ricki Harris (2015), Kathy Casey (2020), Sandra Lamb and Gale Tanger (2021) Lucy Brennan and Vicki Korn (2022)

• Medalists at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships:
  • Ladies Silver: Christa Jorda (1977)
  • Ladies Bronze: Tracey Solomons (1976), Corine Wyrsch (1977), Petra Ernert (1978), Jacki Farrell (1979), Shannon Allison (1987),
  • Pairs Silver: Lorene Mitchell (1976), Jana Bláhová (1978), Lori Baier / Lorri Baier (1981 also 1979 bronze), Marina Nikitiuk (1980 also 1981 bronze), Peggy Seidel (1983), Angela Caspari (1989),
  • Pairs Bronze: Beth Flora (1978), Kathia Dubec (1980), Olga Neizvestnaya (1984), Elena Gud (1985), Yulia Liashenko (1988), Irina Saifutdinova (1989), Jennifer Heurlin (1990-91), Isabelle Coulombe (1993)
  • Ice Dancing Silver: Denise Best (1976), Elena Novikova (figure skater) (1983), Christina Yatsuhashi (1984 also bronze 1983), Irina Antsiferova (1988), Liudmila Berezova (1989), Marina Morel (1991, also 1989 bronze)
  • Ice Dancing Bronze: Marie McNeil (1977), Lynda Malek (1982), Catherine Pal (1987), Maria Orlova (figure skater) (1988), Amelie Dion (1992), Agnes Jacquemard (1994)

Golf

• Won professional golf tournament:
  • List of golfers with most LPGA of Japan Tour wins
• Won recognized amateur golf tournament:
  • United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship: Ruth Underhill (golfer) (1899), Florence Vanderbeck (1915), Helen Stetson (1926), Miriam Burns Horn (1927), Patricia Lesser (1955), Mary Lou Dill (1967), Martha Wilkinson (golfer) (1970), Mary Budke (1972), Joanne Pacillo (1983), Marcy Newton (2000), Becky Lucidi (2002), Jensen Castle (2021), Megan Schofill (2023)
  • The Womens Amateur Championship: Manette le Blan (1928), Diana Fishwick (1930), Jean Hetherington (1946), Carol Sorenson (1964), Nancy Roth Syms (1975), Lillian Behan (1985), Pernille Carlson Pedersen (1992), Jess Baker (2022), Chiara Horder (2023)
  • Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific - Yuka Yasuda (2019), Mizuki Hashimoto (2021), Huang Ting-hsuan (2022), Eila Galitsky (2023)
  • Augusta National Women's Amateur - Tsubasa Kajitani (2021)
  • European Ladies Amateur Championship - Julia López (golfer) (2023)

Horse racing

Eclipse Award winners

• Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey: Jessica Pyfer (2021)

Orienteering

• Podium finish at the World Games
  • Mixed Relay: Cecilie Andersen (2022)

• Podium finish at European Orienteering Championships
  • Silver (relay): Marlies Saxer (1964), Maria Sandström (2000), Lilian Forsgren (2014), Vendula Horčičková, Adéla Finstrlová (2022)
  • Bronze (relay): Ellen Berg and Bodil Jakobsen (1964), Olga Belozerova (2004)

Tennis

Junior players

only Grand Slam winners.

• Wimbledon Girls Singles:
  • Geneviève Domken 1947 Olga Mišková 1948 Fenny ten Bosch 1952 Dora Kilian 1953 Valerie Pitt 1954 Sheila Armstrong (tennis) 1955

• French Championships Singles (pre-cursor to French Open)
  • 1950s: Christine Brunon 1953, Beatrice de Chambure 1954, Eliane Launay (1956), Joan Cross (1959)
  • 1960s: Nicole Seghers (1964)

• Australian Open Girls Doubles:
  • 1970s: Sally Irvine 1972, Julia Hanrahan / Jan Hanrahan 1974, Jan Morton 1976, Kathy Mantle 1978
  • 1980s: Maree Booth and Sharon Hodgkin 1981

• Australian Championships Doubles (pre-cursor to Australian Open):
  • 1930s: Sadie Moon 1931, Florrie Francisco and Joyce Williams (Australian tennis player) 1932, Gwen Stevenson 1933, Enid Chrystal and Edna McColl 1934, Ida Webb and Joan Prior 1937,
  • 1940s: Helen Utz and Nancy Reid (tennis) 1946, Veronica Linehan and Shirley Jackson (tennis) 1947, Beverley Bligh and Gloria Blair 1948, Jean Robbins 1949
  • 1950s: Pam Southcombe and Carmen Borelli 1950, Margaret Wallis 1951, Barbara Warby 1953, Beth Jones (tennis) 1954, Betty Orton and Pat Parmenter 1955, Sheila Armstrong (tennis) 1956, Margo Rayson and Vale Roberts 1957
  • 1960s: Heather Ross (tennis) and Jill Star 1962, Patricia Turner (tennis) 1966, Susan Alexander (tennis) and Carol Cooper 1967

Senior players

Have competed in the main draw of the Grand slam (tennis). This is a focus on winners:

• Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Singles: Mie Yaosa (2005)
• U.S. National Championships Mixed Doubles (earlier version of U.S Open): V. Stokes (1887-88) Marian Wright (tennis) (1889) Laura Henson (1897), Margaret Hunnewell (1900), Helen Chapman (1903), Sarah Coffin (1906), May Sayers (1907)

Appeared at the WTA Tour Championships appearances (1973 needs to be verified):

• Jennifer Balent 1973, Barbara Downs 1973, Carrie Fleming 1973, Jill Schwikert 1973, Janet Wass 1973, Sue Stap 1975,

Triathlon

Top-ten finish in the standings at the ITU Triathlon World Cup from 1991-2008. This is a focus on medallists:

• Top-three finish: Terri Smith-Ross and Catherine Davies (triathlete) (1991), Janet Hatfield (1992), Gail Laurence and Sabine Westhoff (1994)

Top-ten finish at the Ironman World Championship professional division: (focus on medallists)

• Multiple medallists: Lyn Brooks (1981 & February 1982), Patricia Puntous (1983-84), Kirsten Hanssen (1988-89), Kate Major (triathlete) (2004-05, 2007)
• One time medallist: Jo Ann Dahlkoetter (October 1982), Eva Ueltzen (1983), Julie Olson (triathlete) (1984), Elizabeth Bulman (1985), Julie Anne White (1992 silver), Thea Sybesma (1992 bronze), Susan Latshaw (1993), Isabelle Mouthon (1995),

Top-ten finish at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship professional division: (focus on medallists)

• Anja Beranek (2015), Emma Pallant (triathlete) (2017 silver), Laura Philipp (2017 bronze), Imogen Simmonds (2019)

Podium finish at XTERRA Triathlon, focus on world champions

• Cameron Randolph (1997), Susan Latshaw (1998), Shari Kain (1999), Kerstin Weule (2000), Melissa Thomas (triathlete) (2002), Shonny Vanlandingham (2010)

Multi-sport events

Medalled at the Olympics only

• List of Olympic medalists in volleyball - Larisa Pavlova (1980), Galina Lebedeva (1992), Svetlana Vasilevskaya / Svetlana Vasilevskaia - (1992, ESPN has her under Svetlana Vasilevskaia),

Won Paralympic medals at the Paralympics only

• Many redlinks. Lists of Paralympic medalists could help.

College athletes

• Won a national award:
  • WBCA Player of the Year (only Div II and Div III redlinks)

College coaches

• Won a national award
  • Carol Eckman Award: Laura Mapp (1986), Dr. Maryalice Jeremiah (1990), Kay James (basketball) (1998), Susan Summons (1999), Deirdre Kane (2004), Sue Ramsey (basketball) (2012), Jan Ross (2013), Ginger Colvin (2016), Naomi Graves (2017), Dixie Jeffers (2021)
  • Maggie Dixon Award: Billi Godsey (2014)