Country: Hungary
Sport: Swimming
Studied in University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Zsuzsanna, is not so new to the olympics as you may think! She actually competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics! Within seven events in total! She actually ended up with the best achievement of 6th place in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay in 2008.
Country:Romania
Sport:Gymnast
Today, she's an author and activist, working with several charitable organizations. But back then, she was famous for being the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10! To top that off she was the winner of five gold Olympic medals!
Country: Brazil
Sport: Volleyball
With a full name like this: Jaqueline Maria Pereira de Carvalho Endres you know shes a latina! Born on New Year Eve, in Brazil, she must be fun! Shes also a a double Olympic Champion from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, as well as a double silver medalist of the World Championship and multi-medalist of the World Grand Prix. She's actually married to a Brazilian volleyball player, and in 2013 she gave birth to their first child a son named Paulo Arthur.
Country: USA
Sport: Track
The ultimate American track star! Won an Olympic gold medal as well as three gold medals in the seven-event heptathlon and long jump between 1984 to 1996. She now manages the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which helps poor families improve their quality of life. She is also on the Board of Directors for USA Track & Field (USATF).
Country: USA
Sport: Gymnastics
In 2012 McKayla took home a gold medal for her 'vault routine' but has now the made a 180 career change to become an aspiring Rapper (believe it or not!). Might sound like a joke to us, but we cant ignore the fact that Olympic Athletes usually get what they want, and they go for their dreams (Caitlyn Jenner, for example). We must add the "McKayla is not impressed" meme that is floating around the web, kind of cute we must add!
Country: USA
Sport: Figure Skating
Peggy Fleming took home the gold in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. And she is probably the most famous American figure skater ever in Olympic sports history. Ever since her retirement from sports she has worked as a commentator on figure skating on TV. Sounds like fun Peggy!
Country: Netherlands
Sport: Field Hockey
So we're not sure if Ellen is a swimsuit model or a Field Hockey Olympic athlete. In 2012, Hoog became the girl first player to ever decide a major championship match with a penalty shootout! She took the winning shot in the 2012 Summer Olympics during the semi-final against New Zealand. You go girl!
Country: USA
Sport: Gymnastics
During the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Events in 1984, Mary Lou won the gold medal that she deserved! As a Christian conservative, she was an outspoken supporter of the Reagan Administration in the United States. She appeared in multiple televised ads supporting Ronald Reagan. And she was the first female athlete to be pictured on the front of a Wheaties cereal box! General Mills later stated that the Wheaties sales actually improved after her appearance :)
Country: Australia
Sport: Track and field
Shelly, Shelly, Shelly, we really hope you get back to competing! Smart, athletic, and gorgeous - at the moment this gal is studying Mechatronics at Sydney University, if you don't know, Mechatronics, is not a name of a Transformer's car/robot/alien, but it is a college degree for combination of mechanical and electrical engineering.
Country: USA
Sport: Swimming
Born in Fullerton, California, Janet grew up in neighboring Placentia, where she started swimming competitively as a child. By the age of 11, she was setting national age group records at distance events! She is a world champion and a world record-holder. She's won four gold medals in '88 and in '92 Olympic events for freestyle and backstroke. Evans ended her swimming career at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She was given the honor of carrying the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony, and handed it to the American boxing legend Muhammad Ali!
Country: England
Sport: Shooting
Our dear Amber over here, specialized in something which is called: "Skeet shooting" which according to Wikipedia: "is a recreational and competitive activity where participants, using shotguns, attempt to break clay targets mechanically flung into the air from two fixed stations at high speed from a variety of angles". You probably wonder how such a pretty girl became aware of this sport in the first place, well apparently she began shooting at the age of 10 when she decided to go to the firing range with the approval of her grandfather.
Country: USA
Sport: Track
Caitlyn over here, back when she was Bruce, owned the hearts of American moms when he had won the gold medal for the decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Jenner came to running back when he was in college, playing football for the Graceland YellowJackets. He dropped out because he had gotten a serious knee injury which needed surgery. Currently, Caitlyn has her own show "I Am Cait" on E! And has been called the most famous openly transgender woman in the world!
Country: Serbia
Sport: Tennis
We think Ana is by far the prettiest on this list. Don't you agree? Anyway, Ana is actually Serbian but lives in Switzerland. She's 6 feet tall and is apparently known to have the best "forehand" out of all other female tennis players in the world. She currently earns over 15 million dollars (WOW!)
Country: USA
Sport: Gymnastics
Originally from Edmond, Oklahoma, Shannon won the gold medal back in 1996 for her balance beam performance. Four years later she tried her luck in the Sydney Olympics but fell and although she was cleared to continue by a doctor she decided to drop out. Apparentl Ms.Miller is the only woman, ever, in any sport, to be inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame TWICE!
Country: England
Sport: Golf
The sexy girl of Golf. Or at least that's how she is labelled. She was actually quoted saying the following to Maxim magazine: "The game could use a little sexing up, because it’s a bit stuck in its old ways, especially in England. If a girl walks onto a course there with a skirt above her knees, it’s all shock and horror. Golf needs to be a bit more fun and risqué!"
Country: USA
Sport: Figure Skating
If your not recognizing her from the milk commercial you must've been living under a rock. This American-Japanese figure skater and Olympic gold medalist took home the gold for single skating in the 1992 Olympics. She even managed to won another recognition in "Dancing with the Stars" back in 2008. Another amazing accomplishment is that she authored a children's book!
Country: USA
Sport: Track and field
Allison here is an American track and field athlete and fashion model. She's known to be one of the few athletes who have serious internet fame due to multiple photos of her flying around the web. After finishing her degree, she became a Sport Wear model for Nike & Athleta, as well as working for GoPro. According to Wikipedia: "her GoPro videos have received in excess of six million views on YouTube". Crazy.
Country: USA
Sport: Soccer
Mia over here is a Soccer (European football) player and two times Olympic gold medalist & a Women's FIFA World Cup winner. She also wrote the book: "Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" as well as appeared in the HBO documentary 'Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team'. She retired in 2004 to start a family with her husband.
Country: Russia
Sport: Tennis
Who doesnt know Maria Sharapova. She's probably the most famous on this list. Representing Russia she became the world No. 1 Tennis Player (for the first time) on August 22, 2005, at the age of 18, and most recently, held the ranking for the fifth time until Summer of 2012. According to Wikipedia: "Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She appeared in many advertisements, including those for Nike, Prince, and Canon, being the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan".
