Biographies of extraordinary women
Biographies of extraordinary women
Biography of Steffi Graf tennis player. She is German and is considered to be one of the best tennis players in the world and on seven occasions was the World Champion of women’s tennis. In 1999 the Associated Press named her “Best Tennis Player of the 20th Century“ Click here if you want to see …
Biography of Amelia Earhart the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane, piloting herself. She performed this feat on May 20, 1932. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation History of transatlantic flights In April 1932, an American aristocrat (Amy Guest) had purchased one of the few …
Biography of Gemma Mengual Spanish athlete of synchronized swimming, considered one of the flagship athletes of Spanish sport. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation In 1992, Gemma Mengual joined the Spanish national swimming team. In her palmaré stand out 17 Gold, 18 Silver and 12 Bronze medals, among World, …
Biography of Marlene Ahrens Chilean athlete who, with a javelin throw, won for Chile the first Olympic medal won by a woman. This victory was achieved at the “Melbourne Olympics” in 1956. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation She also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games, …
Biography of Ona Carbonell Spanish swimmer, captain of the Spanish synchronized swimming team. She is the woman with the most medals in the history of the swimming world championships. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation Childhood and family of Ona Carbonell Ona Carbonell Ballestero was born in Barcelona, on …
Biography of Teresa Perales Fernández Spanish heroine, extraordinary Paralympic swimmer. Winner of 26 swimming medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation In addition, she won 20 medals at the Paralympic Swimming World Championships. The early years of Teresa Perales María Teresa Perales Fernández was …
Biography of Vera Menchik British chess player, of Russian origin, absolute dominator of women’s chess from 1926 until her tragic death in 1944, during World War II. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. This young British woman was the world’s first female chess champion. Also, Vera Menchik is the …
Biography of Judit Polgar Hungarian chess player, possibly the best chess player in history. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Hungarian chess player Judit Polgar wins In the 1996 world ranking she was the only woman who managed to be among the top ten chess players in the world. …
Biography of Nadia Comaneci who has left her name and image indelibly in the memory of those who were lucky enough to see her at the Montreal Olympics, on July 18, 1976. Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. The extraordinary gymnast who amazed the world That day, a delicate …
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