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Changing the Game: Asian American Female Athletes by Mia Wenjen // My Kickstarter Project You will meet 18 Asian Pacific American Female Athletes in this book who excel at a range of sports and represent many Asian ethnicities. - Eun Jung "EJ" Lee Ok (Korean American) is thought to be one of the greatest point guards ever to play women's college basketball. - Chloe Kim (Korean American) is the youngest snowboarder to win Olympic Gold. - Miki Gorman (Japanese American) is the only female marathon runner to win both the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon, twice! - Victoria Manalo Draves (Filipino & European American), a diver, is the first woman to win two Gold Medals in both springboard and platform in the same Olympics games, the first Asian-American to medal at an Olympics game, and the first Filipino to win a Gold Medal. - Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto-Konno (Japanese American) learned to swim competitively in a ditch through Soichi Sakamoto's Three-Year Swim Club and is the first Japanese-American female to win an Olympic Medal. - Julie Chu (Chinese & Puerto Rican American), a hockey player, is the first Asian-American female to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics for a sport other than figure skating. She took home three silver medals and one bronze medal from five Olympics. - Natasha "Tasha" Kai (Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese & European American) is the first player from Hawaii to make the full U.S. National Women's Soccer team. In 2008, she helped the team earn an Olympic Gold medal. - Michelle Wie (Korean American) is the youngest female to compete on the PGA Tour and the youngest USGA champion in an adult event. - Kristi Yamaguchi (Japanese American) is a two-time Olympic Gold Medal ice skating champion, a two-time singles World Champion, and a two-time pairs National Champion. - Amy Chow (Chinese American) is the first Asian American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal in gymnastics. - Anona Naone Napoleon (Native Hawaiian) won the International Makaha Surfing Competition. - Michelle Waterson (Thai & European American) is a Mixed Martial Arts champion. - Liane Lissa Sato (Japanese American) took home a Bronze Medal for the United States Women's Volleyball Team at the Olympics held in Barcelona. - Catherine Mai-Lan Fox (Vietnamese & European American) is a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner for swimming. - Megan Khang (Hmong American) is the first Hmong American to play on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. - Mohini Bhardwaj (Indian & Russian American) is the first Indian-American gymnast to medal at the Olympics. - Naomi Osaka (Japanese & Haitian) is the first female Asian player to hold the number one ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Order here: https://miawenjen.com/shop/