The fastest woman in the world-Kitty O'Neil

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Kitty Linn O'Neil was born on March 24, 1946 in Texas. Her father was an officer in US Army Air Force and her mother was native Cherokee

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At very early age she became a competitive 10 meter platform driver. She won Amature Athletic Union diving Championships.

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She competed in 1965  Summer Deaflympics in category backstroke and freestyle both 100 m.

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Later she found interest in water skiing, scube diving, skydiving, hand gliding.She became the first woman to perform Stunt Unlimited agency.

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She appeared in movie "The Bionic Woman" , "The Blues Brothers", "Smokey and the Bandit II" etc. Also performed for televisions.

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In 1979 for episode of Wonder Woman, she set a women's high-fall record of 127 foot (39m). She later broker her own record with 180 foot (55m)

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She held women's skiing record of 104.85 miles/ hr (168.74 KmPH). In 1976 she set land speed record for female drivers reaching peak speed of 621mph (999 kmPH)

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She died on November 2018 in Eureka, South Dakota aged 72 years. She was featured in "In Memoriam Segment" of Oscar that year.

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