Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1911 - 1956
Occupation
Sports
Notable Achievements
Olympic Gold
Description
Golf, basketball, track and field. Won two gold medals and one silver medal for track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics (hurdles, javelin, high jumkp). First woman to play in a PGA tournament with men. Also an expert basketball and golf player. Winner of the 1948 US Women's Open. Named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete, and the greatest female athlete, of the 20th Century by sports television network ESPN. Also named as the greatest woman athlete of the first half century (1950). Has a museum named for her in Beaumont, Texas. Relationship with Betty Dodd.
