Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was named the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1950, having first won two gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in athletics (80m hurdles and javelin) before retraining as a golfer and winning 10 LPGA Major championships. She is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals and Major golf championships in the same lifetime.