Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1976.
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Didrikson won two gold
medals and a silver medal, set a world's record, and was the co-holder
of two others.
In 1933, she decided to barnstorm the rural areas of the country with a
professional basketball team called Babe Didrikson's
All-Americans.
Inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1974 (inaugural class).
[7 January 2021] Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, along with living golfers Annika Sörenstam and Gary Player, by President Donald Trump in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.