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Steffi Graf prepares to serve during practice at the 1999 TIG Tennis Classic, wearing a white Adidas shirt and holding a tennis racket and ball. Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background. Babe Didrikson Zaharias Dawn Fraser (centre) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal for 100-metre freestyle swimming at the 1960 Olympics in Rome Jackie Joyner-Kersee in a red and white USA uniform throws a javelin during the heptathlon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, wearing bib number 578. Martina Navratilova lunges to hit a forehand on a grass tennis court during her 1986 Wimbledon campaign, with spectators seated in the background.
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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf, 1999.
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Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen winning the 80-meter hurdles event at the 1948 Olympics in London.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Dawn Fraser (centre) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal...
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Heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee throwing the javelin during the heptathlon...
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Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova competing in the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.
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