10,500 athletes have descended on Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and it is the first time in history the number of women and men competing will be equal. The US will be represented by 588 athletes, 313 women and 269 men — not the first time women have outnumbered men on the US team.
To honor of this historic milestone, we’re going to introduce (or re-introduce) eleven exceptional US Olympians that have not only medaled in women’s events, but leveraged their presence on the global stage to advocate for positive change in their communities and country.
Bottom: Allyson Felix discusses the Black maternal health crisis with Vice President Kamala Harris in 2021 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).
Bottom: Ibtihaj Muhammad attends the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, 2017, in New York (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP).
Bottom: Aly Raisman testifies at a Senate hearing regarding the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation, 2012. Nassar is a former doctor once associated with US Gymnastics and now in prison for sexual abuse offenses. (AP/Saul Loeb/Pool
Bottom: Megan Rapinoe at the White House, July 2022, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite).
Bottom: Wilma Rudolph (L) with the rest of Team USA after receiving the gold medal for the women’s 4 x 100-meter relay race at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics (AP Photo).
Bottom: Serena Williams speaks at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, 2018 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke).
Bottom: Dara Torres hugs her daughter, Tessa Grace Torres-Hoffman after swimming in the women’s 50-meter freestyle final at the US Olympic swimming trials in 2012 (AP Photo/Nati Harnik).
From challenging gender inequality across the country to supporting athletic programs in their hometowns, American women have proven they don’t forget where they come from after reaching the Olympic podium. We’ve seen how superstar athletes like Simone Biles and Serena Williams can use their remarkable platforms to advocate for causes that matter to them back home, but also shown that sometimes representation itself can make a powerful impact. This has certainly been the case with Simone Manuel and Ibtihaj Muhammad.
The remarkable Summer Olympian women we’ve highlighted here only scratch the surface of what can be achieved when someone leverages their power for the greater good. We hope to see the newest cohort of US Olympians continuing to leverage their platforms!
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