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Sports/03/06/2024

101 women who are shaping the future of sport and the OutDoor

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On March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day. To mark the occasion, we are honoring 101 impressive female athletes, entrepreneurs and game changers from the sports and outdoor industry who are changing more than just the world of sport through their commitment.

45 female athletes who are changing our society

These 45 female athletes inspire us: they fight for the climate, for the rights of female athletes or for gender equality, and with their daring adventures they show that they are in no way inferior to men. From B for gymnast Simones Biles to Y for swimmer Fu Yuanhui.

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita I Simone Biles I Gretchen Bleiler I Nienke Brinkman I Kim Bui I Misty Copeland I Courtney Dauwalter I Minda Dentler I Ann Meyers Drysdale I Sally Fitzgibbons I Cathy Freeman I Janja Garnbet I Eileen Gu I Bethany Hamilton I Kristin Harila I Anne Haug I Margo Hayes I Sarah Hunter I Ana Ivanovic I Piper Kelly I Billie Jean King I Amazin LeThi I Tegla Loroupe I Manuela Mandl I Sarah McNair-Landry I Martina Navratilova I Nouria Newman I Naomi Osaka I Asisat Oshoala I Laura Philipp I Milly Pickles I Megan Rapinoe I Elnez Rekabi I Alica Schmidt I Kimi Schreiber I Caster Semenya I Mikaela Shiffrin I Santhi Soundarajan I Kathrine Switzer I Lia Thomas I Maria Toorpakai I Lindsey Vonn I Serena Williams I Venus Williams I Fu Yuanhui

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25 female entrepreneurs who are shaking up the sports business

They found, they lead, they create innovations, they stand up for other women and they show the way. Women are still underrepresented in leadership positions, but we show you 25 movers and shakers who are successfully changing the world of sports business.

Sally Bergesen I Donna Carpenter I Anne-Laure Descours I Ellie Evans I Ty Haney I Franziska Hannig I Tamara Hill-Norton I Kristen Holmes I Melanie Hood I Katie Warner Johnson I Evgenia Koroleva I Denise Lee I Lindsay Malone I Rose Marcario I Sally McCoy I Maria Luisa Mendiola I Amy Montagne I Carla Murphy I Ruth Oberrauch I Stefanie Rieder-Haas I Kim Scholze I Melissa Snover I Kari Traa I Bonnie Tu I Antje von Dewitz

31 Game changers who push boundaries

From officials and NGOs to trainers, moderators and lawyers. ISPO.com has gathered them together: The top 31 female game changers who are shaping the sports world.

Gbemisola Abudu I Nita Ambani I Freeride Anne I Massy Arias I Jana Bernhard I Jeanie Buss I Stephanie Case I Mary Davis I Majken Gilmartin I Sophie Goldschmidt I Pattie Gonia I Dame Katherine Grainger I Stephanie Hilborne I Marinel de Jesus I Margo de Lange I Nicole Lynn I Susanne Lyons I Yusra Mardini I Cynthia Marshall I Stefanie Mirlach I Sandra Douglass Morgan I Johanna Mühlbeyer I Kimberly J. Ng I Muditambi "Ntambi" Elizabeth Ravele I Erin Sprague I Katye Stevens I Heike Ullrich I Luise Walther I Hedvig Wessel I Sarina Wiegman I Claire Williams

ISPO turns 54 years old

On March 8, we can celebrate ISPO as well as women, because 54 years ago, in March 1970, the first trade show was held.

Let yourself be enchanted by a journey through time with the ISPO history photo show!

In the early years of ISPO: Models present tennis fashion at ISPO Munich
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