SI Photo Tribute: International Women's Day

SI Photo Tribute: International Women's Day

Wilma Rudolph

Mark Kauffman for Sports Illustrated

1960 Summer Olympics

Althea Gibson

John G. Zimmerman for Sports Illustrated

1956 US National Championships

Wyomia Tyus

Jerry Cooke for Sports Illustrated

1968 Summer Olympics

Joan Benoit Samueslson

Rich Clarkson for Sports Illustrated

1984 Summer Olympics

Danica Patrick

Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

2008

Lisa Leslie

Peter Read Miller for Sports Illustrated

1990

Becky Hammon

Darren Carroll for Sports Illustrated

2008

Pat Summitt

Lynn Johnson for Sports Illustrated

1997

Pat Summitt

Damian Strohmeyer for Sports Illustrated

1991 NCAA National Championship

USA Women's Basketball

John W. McDonough for Sports Illustrated

2004 Summer Olympics

USA Women's Soccer

Peter Read Miller for Sports Illustrated

1999 World Cup

USA Women's Soccer and Jackie Joyner Kersee

Theo Westenberger for Sports Illustrated

1999

Michelle Akers

George Tiedemann for Sports Illustrated

1999

Mia Hamm

Bob Martin for Sports Illustrated

2004 Summer Olympics

Marta

Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

2007 Women's World Cup

Bonnie Blair

Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated

1992 Winter Olympics

Bonnie Blair

Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated

1994 Winter Olympics

Lindsey Vonn

Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

2010 Winter Olympics

Women's Olympic Softball Team

Michael O'Neill for Sports Illustrated

2004

Christy Martin (vs. Kathy Collins)

John Iacono for Sports Illustrated

2001

Michelle Kwan

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated

1997

Dara Torres

Heinz Kluetmeier for Sports Illustrated

2008

Janet Evans

Heinz Kluetmeier for Sports Illustrated

1988

Fu Mingxia

Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated

1996 Summer Olympics

Julie Krone (aboard Colonial Affair)

Bill Frakes for Sports Illustrated

1993 Belmont Stakes

Maureen Connolly

Bettmann/Corbis

1953 Wimbledon

Billie Jean King

Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated

1980 Wimbledon

Chris Evert

Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated

1980 US Open

Martina Navratilova

Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated

1984 US Open

Steffi Graf

David Walberg for Sports Illustrated

1993 French Open

Picabo Street

Carl Yarbrough for Sports Illustrated

1998 Winter Olympics

Nadia Comaneci

Heinz Kluetmeier for Sports Illustrated

1980 Summer Olympics

Mary Lou Retton

Jerry Cooke for Sport Illustrated

1984 Summer Olympics

Kerri Strug

Al Tielemans for Sports Illustrated

1996 Summer Olympics

Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated

2008 Summer Olympics

USA Women's Track & Field

Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated

1996 Summer Olympics

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated

1988 Summer Olympics

Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated

1997

Annika Sorenstam

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated

1995 US Open

Serena and Venus Williams

Courtesy of Williams Family

circa 1992

Serena and Venus Williams

Paul Gilham/Getty Images

2012 Summer Olympics

Serena Williams

Erick W. Rasco for Sports Illustrated

2014 US Open

USA Women's Soccer

Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

2015 World Cup

Nancy Lopez

Tony Triolo for Sports Illustrated

1977 US Open

Lorena Ochoa

Bob Martin for Sports Illustrated

2007 British Open

Tracy Caulkins

Manny Millan for Sports Illustrated

1984 Summer Olympics

Ronda Rousey (vs. Bethe Correia)

Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images

2015

Lolo Jones

Bill Frakes for Sports Illustrated

2013

Mo'ne Davis

Al Tielemans for Sports Illustrated

2014

Laila Ali (with her father, Muhammad Ali)

Neil Leifer for Sports Illustrated

2005