( Mildred Didrikson 1913–56)
an American woman who was famous in many sports, including baseball , basketball , golf and tennis . She has been called ‘the greatest woman athlete in history’. In the 1932 Olympic Games she won the javelin and 80-metre hurdles race with world records. In 1938 Didrikson married George Zaharias, a wrestler, and began competing as ‘Babe’ Zaharias. She began playing professional golf in 1947 and won the US Women’s Open three times.