South Australia has an outstanding and rich history of achievements by its sportswomen at the national and international level. This page links to the profiles of these often forgotten and unrecognised sports stars. This list includes both those born in South Australia and those who represented South Australia at Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth Games and the international level or who represented South Australia at the national level. Journalists and sports administrators who have made a significant contribution to development, promotion and advancement of women's sport in South Australia are also included in this list.
A
Jen Adams - lacrosse Frances Adcock - swimming, Olympian Rosemary Adey - softball, sports administration Rachel Aistrope - fencing Dianne Alagich - football (soccer) Kate Allen - hockey, Olympian
B
Carmel Bakurski - hockey, Olympian Suzanne Banks - shooting, Olympian Kate Barclay - canoe sprinter, Olympian Louise Bawden - volleyball, Olympian Valerie Beddoe - diving Miranda Bennett - rowing Abby Bishop - basketball Sharon Black - football (soccer), Olympian Wendy Blunsden - cricket Carol Boots - diving Jenny Borlase - netball Nicole Boukaram - diving Grace Bowman - equestrian, Paralympian Joanne Broadbent - cricket Michelle Brogan - basketball, Olympian Rachel Bugg - diving, Olympian Christine Burton - netball, Umpiring Dianne Burge - athletics, Olympian Verna Burnard - athletics, Olympian Alayna Burns - cycling, Olympian
C
Vicki Cardwell - squash Mabel Cashmore - hockey Barbara Caspers - shooting, Paralympian Andrea Chaplin - fencing, Olympian Hayley Chapman - shooting, Olympian Renee Chatterton - rowing, Olympian Jenny Cheesman - basketball, Olympian May Cho - table tennis Leanne Choo - badminton, Olympian Coralie Churchett - basketball, Paralympian Carolyn Cochrane - canoe polo, lacrosse Jane Crafter - golf Amanda Cross - rowing
D
Bea Daly - volleyball, Olympian Sue Dansie - volleyball, athletics, cricket Alison Davies - rowing, Olympian Hannah Davis - canoeing, Olympian Michelle den Dekker - netball Helen Denman - swimming, Olympian Tanya Denver (née Lewis) - journalist Linda Douglas - gymnastics, Olympian Jacqueline Dunn - gymnastics Tamie Durdin - golf
E
Lauren Ebsary - cricket Sophie Edington - swimming, Olympian Annette Edmondson - cycling, Olympian Lorraine Eiler - basketball, netball, squash, tennis Holly Evans - hockey Wendy Ey - athletics
F
Kate Fairweather - archery, Olympian Elaine Farmer - surf life saving, sports administration Kate Farrow - athletics Alison Feast - shooting, Olympian Annette Fellows - cricket Michelle Ferris - cycling, Olympian Lynda Folauhola - diving, Olympian Ange Foley - AFLW Selina Follas - softball, Olympian Dawn Fraser - swimming, Olympian Lyn 'Lefty' Fullston - cricket, netball
G
Karen Gardiner (née Kah) - speed skating, Olympian Emma George - athletics Laura Giaretto - basketball, cricket, rugby Margaret Gibson - swimming, Olympian Amy Gillett - cycling, rowing, Olympian June Goodhand - lawn bowls Tania Gooley-Humphry - volleyball, Olympian Tammy Gough - table tennis Donna Gould - cycling, athletics, Olympian Robyn Grey-Gardner - rowing, Olympian Tatiana Grigorieva - athletics, Olympian
H
Amber Halliday - rowing, cycling, Olympian Juliet Haslam - hockey, Olympian Kathryn Harby-Williams - netball, sports commentator Rayoni Head - badminton, Olympian Audrey Hefford - lawn bowls Yvonne Hill - shooting, Olympian Sue Hobbs - wheelchair basketball, Paralympian Alexandra Hodge - netball Laura Hodges - basketball, Olympian Sue Hooley (née Aish) - netball, softball Lee-Anne Hunter - cricket
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Lynley Ingerson (née Hamilton) - cricket, netball
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Marjorie Jackson-Nelson - athletics, Olympian Jana Jamnicky - handball, Olympian Joan Jones - badminton Megan Jones - equestrian, Olympian Marg Jude - cricket, hockey Tunde Juhasz - cricket
K
Shirley Kelly - lawn bowls Jill Kennare - cricket, lacrosse Jeanette Kieboom Gail Kingston - lacrosse Carmen Klomp - rowing, Olympian Anne-Marie Knight - golf Libby Kosmala - shooting, Paralympian Brooke Krueger-Billett - athletics, Olympian
L
Dot Laughton - cricket, hockey Jenny Laurendet - athletics Tiffany Lee - Australian football Lyn Lillecrapp - swimming, Paralympian Marie Little - disability sport, sports administration
M
Vicky Machen - powerlifting, Paralympian Yvonne Majoor - swimming Pauline Manser - indoor and beach volleyball, Olympian Lisa Martin - athletics, Olympian Anna Maycock - volleyball Renae Maycock - volleyball, Olympian Andrea McCauley - cricket Kay McFarlane - basketball, Olympian Anna McVann - swimming, Olympian Anna Meares - cycling, Olympian Patricia Mickan - basketball, netball, Olympian May Mills OBE - sports administration pioneer, advocacy, education Kerry Modra - cycling, Paralympian Tania Modra - cycling, Paralympian Marina Moffa - basketball, Olympian Alicia Molik - tennis, Olympian Melissa Morgan - swimming, Olympian Simmone Morrow - softball, Olympian Stephanie Morton - cycling, Paralympian Tracey Mosley - softball, Olympian Belinda Muehlberg - shooting Sylvia Muehlberg - shooting, Olympian
N
Stephanie Na - golf Joy Nancy-Twining - badminton Jill Need - cricket Hannah Nielsen - lacrosse Sally Newmarch - rowing, Olympian Shelley Nitschke - cricket Denise Norton - swimming, SA's first Olympian Glynis Nunn - athletics, Olympian Julie Nykiel - netball, basketball, Olympian
O
Wendy Old - athletics Barbara Orchard - cricket Mary Ormsby - lawn bowls Anna Ozolins - rowing, Olympian
P
Deborah Palmer - swimming, Olympian Becchara Palmer - volleyball, Olympian Sarnya Parker - cycling, Paralympian Katy Parrish - athletics, Paralympian Anna Pazera - athletics, Olympian Alison Peek - hockey, Olympian Erin Phillips - basketball, Olympian Mary Pickett - lacrosse Wendy Piltz - lacrosse, cricket, PDHPE teacher-education, author Sandra Pisani - hockey, Olympian Hilda Ponchon - lawn bowls Kerri Pottharst - volleyball, Olympian Eileen Pritchard - hockey
Q
Lois Quarrell - journalist Carolyn Quigley - shooting, Olympian
R
Marg Ralston - journalist, editor, sports advisor Alexis Rhodes - Olympian Leonie Roberts - equestrian Shelley Rogers - swimming, Paralympian Gillian Rolton - equestrian, Olympian Karen Rolton - cricket Isabella Rositano - canoe sprint, AFL Women's Julie Russell - athletics, basketball, powerlifting, Paralympian Sarah Ryan - swimming, Olympian
S
Kathy Sambell - athletics, Olympian Rebecca Sanders - netball Wendy Schaeffer - equestrian, Olympian Betty Schenke - lawn bowls Jennifer Screen - basketball, Olympian Ann Shanley - athletics Joy Shiels - netball Sharon Slann - basketball, Paralympian Kate Slatter - rowing, Olympian Kerina Smallhorn - hockey, Indigenous sportswoman Lisa-Anne Smith - shooting, Olympian Caroline South - swimming Justine Sowry - hockey Rachael Sporn - basketball, Olympian Peta Squire - netball Jan Stirling - basketball coach, Olympian Rebecca Stoeckel - swimming Vanessa Stokes - softball, Indigenous sportswoman Marina Sulicich - gymnastics, Olympian Sue Summers - cricket Laura Summerton - basketball, Olympian Sarah Sutter - netball
T
Claire Tallent - athletics, Olympian Erica Taylor - equestrian, Olympian Kylie Taylor - lacrosse Evelyn Tazewell - hockey, cricket Mary Teasdale-Smith - hockey, equestrian Susan Tegg - canoeing, Olympian Faith Thomas - cricket, hockey, Indigenous sportswoman Norma Thrower - athletics, Olympian Melissa Trafela - powerlifting, Paralympian Jessica Trengove - athletics, Olympian Leanne Trimboli - football (soccer), Olympian Suzanne Twelftree - tennis, powerlifting, Paralympian
U
V
Tania Van Heer-Murphy - netball, athletics Natalie von Bertouch - netball
W
Desiree Wakefield Baynes - shooting, Olympian Sue Watkins - hockey, Olympian Katrina Webb - athletics, Paralympian Dorothy Wheeler - lawn bowls Alex Wilson - basketball, Indigenous sportswoman Kate Wilson-Smith - badminton, Olympian Jenny Williams - lacrosse, cricket, soccer, touch Val Winter - shooting, Olympian Barbara Worley - disability sport, sports administration Arrienne Wynen - lawn bowls
X
Y
Song Yang - badminton
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