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Babe Zaharias (1911 – 1956) was, and still is, regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time. Babe received her nickname in childhood when she hit five homeruns in a childhood baseball game. She participated and was proficient in 13 different and unique sports, setting world, national, and/or Olympic records in seven unique sports. In the 1932 Olympics, she won 2 gold and one silver medals in track and field, a gold in the javelin.

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