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Billie Jean King
In the ’70s, the outdated, preconceived notion that men are better than women at sports was still pretty much the norm. However, the former number-one tennis player Billie Jean King proved everybody wrong by winning a high-profile tennis match against the male tennis Bobby Riggs.
A symbol of women’s empowerment ever since (especially in sports), King has been happily married to fellow former tennis player Ilana Kloss since 2018. The two athletes dated secretly for decades before tying the knot.
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