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| 50 years ago it was 1960. Take a look at some of the things female athletes were accomplishing. 
- At the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., Carol Heiss performs the first double jump in women's figure skating.
- Betsy Rawls becomes the first woman to win the US Women's Open golf title four times.
- Larissa Latynina wins three Golds, two Silvers and a Bronze medal for gymnastics at the Rome Olympic while three months pregnant.
- Mamie Rollins sets a new record for women's 70-yard hurdles at 8.7 seconds.
- Jeannie Ashworth wins the first speedskating Olympic medal, a bronze, for American women.
- Marion Ladewig, of Grand Rapids, Mich., wins the first PWBA Championship.
- Donna de Varona is the youngest member of the 1960 US Olympic swimming team at 13.
- England's Beryl Burton wins the Women's World Road Racing Championships, repeating in 1967. She holds the British Best All-Around title for 25 consecutive years.
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