TheWorld’sGreatestAthletebyBarbaraA.DonovanTheWorld’sGreatestAthletebyBarbaraA.DonovanCover,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.3,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.4,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.5,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.6,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.7,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.8,©GettyImages;p.9,©APPhoto;p.10,©WilliamVanderson/FoxPhotos/GettyImages;p.11,©APA/GettyImages;p.12,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.13,©Bettmann/CORBIS;p.14,©Bettmann/CORBIS.Copyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaISBN10:0-15-350571-0ISBN13:978-0-15-350571-3OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350336-X(Grade6Below-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350336-8(Grade6Below-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357576-X(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357576-1(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891017912111009080706Somesayshewasthegreatestwomanathleteofalltime.Somesayshewasthegreatestathleteofalltime—manorwoman.In1950,theAssociatedPressvotedhertheworld’sgreatestwomanathletesince1900.In1932,1945,1946,1947,1950,and1954,theAssociatedPressnamedherWomanAthleteoftheYear.NomanorwomanhadeverearnedthishonorofAthleteoftheYearsixtimes,andnoonehasdoneitsincetheneither.Whowasthiswonderwoman?HernamewasBabeDidriksonZaharias,awomanwhopracticedlongandhardtosoartothetopofeach...
