Phaidra Knight, J.D. is a Women’s Sports Foundation Past President, World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee, sports media talent, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and mixed martial artist. One of the premier players in the sport of rugby, she made three appearances in the Rugby World Cup, was selected as the top player in the world […]
One of twenty drivers to compete in the inaugural W Series all-female racing championship, 2019. Seven-time Pirelli World Challenge winner. Second place finisher in the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Championships Guinness World Record Holder: was the pace vehicle driver when Denise Mueller set a women’s World Record for the fastest speed on […]
Paralympian, 2016 Two-time World Championship bronze medalist, 2017 USA Paratriathlon National Team member Four-time ITU Paratriathlon World Championships medalist Four-time USA Paratriathlon National Championship medalist Three-time runner-up at the Accenture USA Paratriathlon National Championship (2007, 2008, 2011) and was third in 2009 2011 Endurance Live Awards Challenged Athlete of the Year Travel & Training […]
Four-time Olympic medalist Four-time World Championships medalist Two-time Pan American Games gold medalist 2010 WSF Travel & Training Fund grant recipient Three-time FINA World League gold medalist Seven-time Holiday Cup medalist Named FINA Magazine’s Female Water Polo Player of the Decade (2000-10) Women’s Sports Foundation Athlete Advisory Panel member
Elana Meyers Taylor is a four-time World Champion, eight-time World Championships medalist, three-time Winter Olympian and medalist (2010, 2014, 2018) and 2015 World Cup Champion in bobsled. The daughter of a professional football player, Elana was born in Oceanside, California, but grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. A naturally gifted athlete across many sports, she was […]
The last 40 years have seen a dramatic movement of girls and women into sports, but, according to a new study, this social change is not reflected televised sports news and highlights shows. “It’s Dude Time!”: A quarter century of excluding women’s sports in televised news and highlight shows, is a five-year update to a […]
Go Out and Play: Youth Sports in America is a comprehensive research report that covers a range of topics including sports access for children with disabilities.
