English edit

Etymology edit

sports +‎ girl

Noun edit

sportsgirl (plural sportsgirls)

  1. A young sportswoman.
    • 1994, Biology of Sport, volume 11, number 3, page 192:
      Taken together with other reports, our results justify the rejection of opinions which suggest training-induced deviations from the normal course of adolescence of sportsgirls. Those other reports concerned growth processes of junior athletes []