The 2024 Olympic Games have begun in Paris, France. For the first time in history, there is a complete equality between male and female athletes. Important initiatives have also been taken to provide equal opportunities for female and male athletes to participate in the Olympics.

More than half of all medal events at the Paris 2024 Games have become accessible to women. In addition, many other steps have been taken to increase the visibility of women. Read more in the article “Paris 2024: equal ratio of female to male athletes for the first time“

A little history

At the Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the year 1928, female athletes made their debut. Their participation was still limited to athletics (100m, 800m, 4x100discus throw and high jump) and gymnastics. At the time, unfortunately, there was still a lot of resistance about this. Fortunately, that has now changed. “More on this in the article “The 1928 Olympics“.

Illustration as an ode to female athletes

For this reason, I created the following illustration as an ode to women athletes. The illustration shows one of the first sports in which women were allowed to participate, the discus throw. ou can also see the colors of the Dutch flag incorporated, both in the background and in the clothing, because of the debut of women at the Olympics in Amsterdam, in 1928.

The discus in the woman’s hand is fused with the logo of the Olympics. As a milestone, but not an endpoint. In fact, the discus is still in full swing.