Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
My top 5 favourite female sportspeople:

Martina Hingis - about the same age as me and winning her first wimbledon at the age of 15 was pretty impressive

Victoria Pendleton very impressive in full swing in the hed to head sprints (whatever they're called) always made it look like the other competitor was giving someone a backy.

Jade Jones - absolute best in the world in her category

Ellen Macathur - incredible competitor

Nicole Cooke - amazing achievements, especially without the backing of as strong team that other top road cyclists have had.
For no other reason other than the fact I took a shine to them, I would have to say my top 5 would be:

Mary Rand
Evonne Goolagong
Margaret Court
Kelly Holmes
Jess Ennis

An honourable mention to Sally Gunnell too but her stint as an athletics interviewer with Roger Black was so dire she fell out of my top 5 !