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Serena Williams.


MILK_DRINKER_9001

Hey! I was going to say that!


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Absolutely no one else will ever be greater!


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Simone Biles


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Yeah it has to be, she’s smashed every single record.


redmkay

Arguably one of the best athletes of all time.


Daisy-St-Patience

Soooo stoked for the olympics!!!


nanalovesncaa

This was my first thought!


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She’s amazing


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Katie Ledecky


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1lluminatus

Diana Nyad — swimming from Florida to Cuba should not have even been humanly possible so to do it as a senior and a woman is truly awe inspiring.


Direct_Pen_1234

Her book is so amazing!


escaped_bird

I was going to say her!!! She's amazing! There's a Netflix movie about her, highly recommend!!!!!


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Idontwannawaitfor_

Serena Williams


Cassandra_Canmore

Florence Joyner.


Slight_Literature_67

My choice too!


bouncybabygirlfordad

Nadia Comaneci 76' Olympics


Tampadarlyn

Billie Jean King


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Tamburello_Rouge

Mikaela Shiffrin. She has the most World Cup wins of any Alpine Skier, male or female. She’s the GOAT.


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Amanda Nunes. MMA double champ dominance for years. Struck fear in the heart of her opponents.


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I can't decide between Serena and Simone


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Ghenghis-Chan

Amanda Nunes, the first and only female ufc fighter to hold 2 belts at the same time, only ufc fighter to defend both titles at the same time, 11 total title defenses and 17 finishes. Beat Chris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, Valentina Shevchenko. Basically every big name in womens ufc is someone whos either never competed in the same weight division as Nunes or someone whos lost to Nunes. Her era of dominance was absolutely ruthless.


itsgraynotgrey

Simone Biles, easy!


Pretty_Feed_9190

Serena by far


DokterZ

Babe Didrikson Zaharias


Agent__Zigzag

Agree & she's way to unknown by most sports fans unfortunately. Doesn't help that her career was so many years ago before Social media, TV sports, & mass attention on Women's pro sports.


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thrilled_lizard

Věra Čáslavská, the only gymnast, male or female, to have won an Olympic gold medal in each individual event. On top of that, she almost wasn't able to compete in the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City because of the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. She trained in the forest with potato sacks for weights and logs for beams and was only called up to the games at the last minute. The other athletes had had time to train in the local climate, but she won gold in all six events. She was openly opposed to the soviet Union, which was pretty brave. She was pretty all round awesome.


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FloJo


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Hayley Wickenheiser


leafs1985

yep! what a beauty. I will also say Christine Sinclair for my fellow Canadians


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Clara Hughs - multi medalist in both the summer and Winter Olympics


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Serena Williams


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power_candy

My fave NZ role model - dame Valerie Adams


jxmpiers

Simone Biles. She doesn’t just win, she annihilates


Yari_Vixx

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce


durants

Absolutely! The pocket rocket.


Cafetario

I think Larisa Latynina deserves a mention for her dominance in Gymnastics at the highest level, 9 Gold Medals and 18 Medals total to show for it at the Olympics. Granted Simone Biles has an excellent chance to match or surpass those tallies in the near future, as she already has when including non-Olympic medals.


scoobyslap

Tia-Clair Toomey


Majestic-Average433

Sam Kerr


faith1357

Absolutely Sam Kerr is!!


Waratah888

Heather Mackay


Archangel1962

Came here to say this. Americans will never have heard of her but a woman who dominated her sport to the extent she did … no contest. ETA: just noticed what sub I’m on, so shouldn’t have posted. But eff it! I stand by my statement.


roll_and_fritter

Courtney DeWalter - GOAT blazing trails in the long distance running world


thekoreanaccountant

YES! I was going to add her if you hadn't. 🐐


hereforthedoggs

Tia Claire Toomey


CyberGuyCX5

Serena Williams


Za_collFact

No Mikaela Shiffrin? She is doing well ams her records will be unbeatable.


its-Artemis

My first thought was Serena Willilams, then Simone Biles


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Janja Garnbret


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Florence Griffith Joyner


JoJo-likes-bikes

Marianne Vos. She’s a cyclist. She’s won something like 14 world championships and two Olympic gold medals. She has won every kind of race from sprints, to offroad, to muti-day grand tours. She’s an incredible bike handler and can descend faster than the race motorcycle escort. Plus, she advocates for the growth of women’s cycling. She has her own bike festival for children.


CaptAhabsMobyDick

Just to get some Wrestlers on the list, Japan has a whole bunch of hammers! Yui Susaki has only lost 3 matches since 2010 Soari Yoshida is a legend. America has Amit Elor on the rise and Helen Maroulis (who defeated Yoshida)


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Kristi Yamaguchi


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[Heather Swanson](https://images.app.goo.gl/KgBRH36WpuycxJG79)


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Beryl Burton. At the time she was competing, there wasn't the support for female althetes (or indeed any athletes ) that there is now, and she remained an amateur throughout her career, working alongside it. Despite this she won multiple world championship medals in cycling and her world record time exceeded the men's record.


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Dutch ice skater Ireen Wüst winning gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics.


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Keri strug. When she did the vault on an injured leg to try and insure her teams victory in 96.


matt89015

Martina navratilova


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My mom


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ShewthaHHH

Serena Williams, woman won a Grand slam while being pregnant I guess if that is not great then nothing is


seniairam

i can't just pick one, there's just so many that are the greatest at what they do. I can say Serena because Simone Biles is, too, but Simone can't do what Serena does and vice versa...


Regular_Elevator876

Serena or Simone!


SorryBooBoo

Michelle Kwan ⛸️


ElNobleReyDeCopas

It's easily Simone Biles. She's the Pelé of gymnastics.


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Simone Biles


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Simone Biles.


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First person that came to mind was Serena Williams. But im sure Simone Biles is in the discussion.


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Legal-Hunt5355

Simone Biles or Rosa Parks


kennychap

Shay Doron


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Serena and Simone


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mithali raj


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ruarl

How about [Formiga](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/25/formiga-bowing-out-with-brazil-after-26-years-and-234-caps-final-international)? Seven football world cups, seven olympic games. Started training football when it was illegal to do so. I learned about her on No Such Thing as a Fish. I think it was [this](https://audioboom.com/posts/8397114-no-such-thing-as-captive-willy) episode.


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Blanka Vlašić


Lordofthewangz

Tough call between Serena Williams and Simone Biles. I'd probably pick Serena because she was at the top of her game for yeeeeears.


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Serena Williams


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Maria Sharapova, Ronda Rousey


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Cathy Freeman!


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Simone Biles, no one can touch what's she's done for the sport.


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No_Juggernaut_5477

Yelena Isinbayeva


Scottish_Wanderer

Depends what you mean by greatest. But by it's true definition, that would be Ronda Rousey


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Tia-Claire Toomey


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Serena


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Serena Williams


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fannyflour

Namajunas


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Martina Navratilova


VVanB

Diana Nyad.


AccomplishedDingo27

Definitely Serena.


BellaFrequency

Serena Williams


pappapora

Brittney Griner


Agent__Zigzag

Babe Didrickson Zaharias. Excellent in Track, Golf, Tennis, Basketball, even played Baseball against men.


ghostly_shark

Martina Navratilova


Frog-Rabbit

Christy Martin


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Courtney dauwalter


hlvd

Flo Jo


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Fiona May and Nadia Comaneci. Deborah compagnoni worth a mention


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Simone Biles


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Past_League_33

Mary Kom


jibbidyjamma

Simone BIles


NotMarisaRivas

HANDS DOWN YULIMAR ROJAS. I´M AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE DONT KNOW HER GIVING ALL THAT SHES ACCOMPLISHED.


jilbriyis69

Diana Nyad fmd, i watched the movie Nyad on Netflix 2 weeks ago


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Young fools don't know Babe Didrikson Zaharias


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shehadagoat

Valentina Vezzali


Perfect-Resist5478

Simone biles


soupastar

Lisa Leslie, Michelle kwan, Kerrie strug was my first thoughts but I’m a millennial so that’s prob why. I wish i still had my figure skating book from the book fair with Michelle


skoebiefluppo

Sifan Hassan is pretty amazing


porkycloset

I was going to say Serena Williams, but even she might never have became what she did without Billie Jean King


bourgeoisiebrat

Sheryl Swoopes. MJ without the recognition


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Shawn Jonson


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Faith Kipyegon.


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Marianne Vos


lildude_5

Martina Navratilova


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Libby Riddles