In this male dominated society, it's not easy for women come forward and showcase their talent. And, especially talking about women athletes, they have to struggle a lot to make a place for themselves. More than the power that they have to put in with the game itself, they will have to struggle for being a woman.

Here I am going to list out some of those influential women athletes, who with their will power and the zeal to succeed have made a name for themselves. Read below to find……

1. Serena Williams

Her achievements – This courageous woman is the one who has won 39 Gram slam titles including singles, mixed doubles and doubles which comes out to be more than any male counterpart.

Sports Association – Tennis

Serena Williams is the biggest name in tennis! She is the one who has challenged gender roles in the arena of sports. From the time she was elevated to the level of number one player in tennis in the year 2002, she has continuously maintained that positions. In addition to that, she is the only tennis player, including male and female who have won 6 grand slam titles.

She is the outspoken athlete who talks on gender inequality and she likes to be referred to as "one of the greatest athletes of all times", rather than "the best female athletes"!

2. Gabby Douglas

Her achievements – She has acted as the crusader of spreading the awareness of treating everyone with human dignity and she talks openly on bullying.

Sports Association – Gymnastics

Gabby Douglas has won Olympic Gold medal three times in all and she is the youngest Gymnast to do so. At the just the age of 17, after she won a Gold Medal in 2012 Olympics, she wrote a book named as, "Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith". In the Olympic Gymnast, she is the first African-American to have won the prestigious individual.

3. MC Mary Kom

Her achievements – She is a five-times champion of world Boxing and she has also has an Olympic Medal in her kitty.

Sports Association – Boxing

For all her courage and the way she had excelled in her career, she has been given the name of a "Million Rupee Baby" in India. She is the first lady who has won for India a Bronze Medal at the London Olympics.

4. Saina Nehwal

Her achievements – Saina has won more than 23 International Titles. In 2009 she turned out to become world's second Badminton player in the world and it was only in 2015 that she became no. player in world.

Sports Association – Badminton

She is also known with the name of 'Golden Girl', in the Indian Badminton! She began her career in 2012 and from that very point she came to the 5th position in the field of Indian Badminton. Talking about her achievements, she has won Thai Open Grand Prix Gold, Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, and Indonesian Open Super Series. Her fame started when she won a Gold Medal at the Olympics championship.

5. Misty Copeland

Her achievements – In the year 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American female who has been promoted to the position of the Principal dancer and this happened in the 75 year history. She is an inspiration for all those brown girls out there!

Sports Association – Ballet dancer

Misty Danielle Copeland is a famous Ballet dancer of a leading ballet companies of America named as American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She is born in the year 1982, on 10th of September. With her audacity to enter the field of Ballet dancing at a late age, she has been inspiring girls to choose the field.

6. Venus Williams

Her achievements – Venus Williams has been named number one three times in the Women's Tennis Association. And, in WTA, she was named as the number one doubles player. She has on her name 4 Olympics Gold Medals and in total 7 Grand Slam titles on her name.

Sports Association – Tennis

She was born on 17th of June 1980 and is a Tennis player who belongs to America. She is ranked currently No.16 in WTA ranking for singles. Along with her younger sister, Serena Williams, she has been considered great Tennis players of all times. In spite of suffering from Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain, she has courageously competed to continue keeping her fame and name alive in the field.

7. Sania Mirza

Her achievements – Sania Mirza is considered the name in the Indian Tennis who has made a name for herself and her country in the particular sports. At an early age of 16, she was the one who held no. 1 rank continuously for 91 weeks.

Sports Association – Tennis

Sania is one of the biggest names and a sports icon of India. From the tender age of 16, she was the one who started her professional journey and that right from that time there wasn't any looking back for her. From India, she is the only tennis player who has won six major titles including, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

8. Katie Smith

Her achievements – she did a great job for the society when she stayed back in Mumbai and taught basketball to those unprivileged children.

Sports Association – Basketball

Katie Smith, she won the Olympic Gold medal in Beijing and Sydney, Athens, as a part of the Basketball Women's Team. She is known for being one of the best Basketball players in when it comes to women's Basketball team. Currently she is working as the coach of WNBA's New York Liberty.

9. Mithali Raj

Her achievements – Mithali Raj is one of the most successful Cricket's team captains of India. Nevertheless, she is been given only half of the recognition that her male counterparts have received.

Sports Association – Cricket

Mithali Raj is captain of the Indian Women's cricket team! She is the highest scorer in the International women's cricket and she is believed to be the only women to have scored more than 6000 runs in the ODIs. In her kitty, she also has earned the title of being the only Indian captain to have led the cricket team in the World Cup.

10. Geeta Phogat

Her achievements – Geeta Phogal, a freestyle wrestler rose to fame when at the Commonwealth Games in 2010, she won a Gold Medal that has never been done before including by a male or a female wrestler.

Sports Association – Wrestling

It's a great achievement for her is that many women out there are getting inspiration from her life that has been turned into a blockbuster movie. This is the proof that she has done something great in her life. Apart from being the first woman to have won a Gold Medal, she has also the first woman wrestler who qualified for 2012 summer Olympics.

11. P. V. Sindhu

Her achievements – P.V Sindhu rose to fame to International level when she was enlisted in September 2012, she was enlisted among the top 20 players in the BWF World Ranking and that too merely at the age of 17. Later in the year 2013 she became the first woman in the Badminton World Championships to win a medal.

Sports Association – Badminton

Her real name is Pusarla Venkata Sindhu and she was born in 1995, on 5th of July. She is a well known Badminton player of India. She was the first female badminton player to have won a Silver Medal in the Olympic Games. Apart from that, she is also among the two Indian Badminton players to have won an Olympic medal. The other player who has won an Olympic medal is Saina Nehwal. Apart from all that, she has also won a Silver medal in 2018 Commonwealth games. And, to her kitty she has also added the title of being a Silver medalist at the BWF World Championships of 2017 and BWF World Championships of 2018.