Stories of female sporting achievement
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
Between 1982 and 1984, UEFA held the first European Competition for Women's Football
How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race
Canadian diver Jill Heinerth was the first woman to enter the caves of a giant iceberg
Former captain Shamila Kohestani on why football in Afghanistan was more than a game
How Nadine Angerer became Germany's penalty saving heroine
Banned from playing football in her native Scotland, Rose Reilly represented Italy.
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
The aboriginal runner who lit the Olympic cauldron and went on to win the 400m event
The first woman to win the Iditarod race through 1000 miles of wilderness in Alaska
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
The first and only woman to win one of the biggest events in motorsport.
The American footballer who won the World Cup, then tore off her shirt to reveal her bra.
The American athlete who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon
How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon
The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.
How the Algerian runner's success made her a political opponent for extremists
The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992
The inspiring Dutch wheelchair tennis player who went undefeated for more than a decade.
The Midfielder who Scored the First Ever International Goal for the England Women's Team.
The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m
