Tonya Harding.
Midori Ito (of Japan) was:- The first woman to land a triple Axel in competition (1988).- The first woman to land a triple Axel in the Olympics (1992).
Canadian skater Vern Taylor was the first to land a triple Axel in competition at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships. Midori Ito was first woman to land a triple axel in competiton at 1988 Aichi Prefecture Championship and then first in a major international competition at the 1989 World Figure Skating Championships I think it is Michelle Kwuan
No woman has won the Triple Crown as a jockey.
No. The triple axle is fairly common. I believe you are thinking of the quad. axle, (four turns). Actually, the triple axle is not common in woman's figure skating. The triple axle is 3.5 turns, and is the most difficult single jump for woman's. Quads are challanged by men's, though female skaters such as Ando Miki have challanged it in the past.
Yes
The most gold medals won by an American women in the Winter Olympics is 5 by Bonnie Blair.
The first woman figure skater in the Olympics was Madge Syers from Great Britain. She participated in the 1908 Games winning the Gold Medal.
Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to be Secretary of State.
American Woman was first performed by The Guess Who, and then redone first by Krokus and then by Lenny Kravitz.
The first American Woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics was Winifred Edgerton Merrill
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was the first American woman to write a symphony.
The first American woman to become a self-made millionaire was Madam C.J. Walker.