Athletes chronicles the fascinating lives and achievements of remarkable female athletes around the world. Such countries as Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Norway are explored along with sport-related subjects such as speed skating, gymnastics, tennis, the Olympics, and much more.
Major profiles include:
• Bonnie Blair - speed skater
• Nadia Comenci - gymnast
• Sonja Henie - figure skater
• Martina Navratilova - tennis player
• Wilma Rudolph - track athlete
• Babe Didrickson Zacharias - track athlete, golfer
• plus brief highlights of a dozen other women