Women Athletes Posters “S...-”
for social studies and physical education classrooms, home schoolers, fans.

Gabriela Sabatini
b. 5-16-1970; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s. A silver medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games, Sabatini also won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990, and two WTA Tour Championships in 1988 and 1994.

L'Aventure olympique d'un couple en or : Salé et Pelletier

Jamie Salé
b. 4-21-1977; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Skater Jamie Rae Salé, with her partner David Pelletier, were the 2001 World Champions and shred the gold 2002 Medal with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.

Barbara Ann Scott at World Figure Skating Championship, Photographic Print

Barbara Ann Scott
b. 5-9-1928; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Figure skater Barbara Ann Scott is the 1948 Olympic Champion and two-time World Champion (1947–1948) in ladies singles.

Eleanora Sears
b. 9-28-1881; Boston, MA
d. 3-16-1968: Palm Beach

Tennis player Eleanora Sears won women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship four times and rode horses competitvely.

Monica Seles, photo

Monica Seles
b. 12-2-1972; Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia

Tennis player Monica Seles won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them while a citizen of Yugoslavia and one while a citizen of the United States.

In 1992 Seles was stabbed in the back during a match by a deranged man, a fanatical supporter of Stephi Graf.

Kerri Strug, photo

Kerri Strug
b. 11-19-1977; Tucson, AZ

Gymnast Kerri Strug, best remembered for performing the vault despite having injured her ankle, was a member of the victorious all-around gymnastics team that represented the United States at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. The team became known as the Magnificent Seven and included Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps.

Florence Sutton, photo

Florence Sutton
b. 9-2-1883; England
d. 10-16-1974; California

Tennis player Florence Sutton was a finalist for both singles and doubles titles in the US Open in 1911, losing to Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman. She and May Sutton were sisters.

May Sutton, photo

May Sutton
b. 9-25-1886; Plymouth, England
d. 10-4-1975; California

Tennis player May Sutton was the first American to win the singles title at Wimbledon. She and Florence Sutton were sisters.

Mr. and Mrs. Syers, Giclee Print

Madge Syers
b. 9-16-1881; Kensington, London
d. 9-9-1917; Weybridge, Surrey (heart failure caused by acute endocarditis)

Figure skater Madge Syers became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all-male event and won the silver medal, prompting the International Skating Union (ISU) to create a separate ladies' championship.

Syers was the winner of the first two ladies' events in 1906 and 1907, and went on to become the Olympic champion at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games to include figure skating.

She also competed as a pairs skater with her husband Edgar Syers, winning the bronze medal at the 1908 Olympics.