Cynisca
Spartan princess (born 442 BC) · Athletes · Lived 440 BC to 389 BC · aged 51
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Something wrong?Cynisca was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize competing with a team of horses she had trained herself.
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Statue base with an inscription in memory of Cynisca's 396 BC Olympic victory. Museum of the Olympic Games in Antiquity, Olympia
Illustration for Sophie de Renneville, Biographie des femmes illustres de Rome, de la Grèce, et du Bas-Empire (Paris, 1825)
Statue base dedicated by Cynisca, with the inscription commemorating her Olympic victoriy.
A depiction of an ancient Greek four-horse chariot, c. 530-520 BC
A two-horse ancient Greek racing chariot, the kind used by Euryleonis.Awards
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Cynisca was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize competing with a team of horses she had trained herself. In 392 BC, Cynisca entered her horses in the Olympics for a second time and was awarded another victory in the same event.
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