Women in sport

Sports

Sania Mirza

Former doubles world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion

Born 1986

Sports

Prashanti Singh

Former India women’s basketball captain; first basketball player to receive the Padma Shri

Born 1984

Sports

Hima Das

Sprinter; first Indian to win a track gold at a world-level championship

Born 2000

Sports

P. T. Usha

Sprinter and hurdler; president of the Indian Olympic Association

Born 1964

Sports

Mithali Raj

Former India women’s captain; leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket

Born 1982

Sports

Anju Bobby George

Long jumper; first Indian medallist at the World Athletics Championships

Born 1977