The 66 sexiest female athletes in the world

The 66 sexiest female athletes in the world
Since we're caught in that sports abyss between the Super Bowl and March Madness, we though it'd be a good idea to help everyone make the time pass a little quicker. And nothing makes passing time more enjoyable than looking at and debating about beautiful women. So in an effort to combine two great male interests, sports and women, here are the 66 sexiest female athletes in the world.

Note: Lingerie Football League players are not included on this list. Their number one job qualification is being hot so let's just assume 90% of them fall into the top 66 and leave it at that. If we counted them, they'd just dominate the list and that's no fun. Wrestling divas are also not listed because while being very athletic they're actresses and pro wrestling is not a sport. Also not included: poker players and billiards stars. Sorry, but they're not athletes.

Tale of the Tape (Women by Sport) --
Golf, Tennis: 9
Surfing: 6
Track and Field: 5
Skiing, Swimming: 4
Auto Racing, Gymnastics, MMA, Snowboarding, Soccer: 3
Boxing, Field Hockey, Volleyball: 2
Curling, Cycling, Figure Skating, Mountain Biking, Speed Skating, Table Tennis, Triathlon: 1

HINT: Click the thumbnail pics for a better look at each talented lady. -Douglas Charles
66 Natascha Ragosina
Sport: Boxing Career Highlights: Natascha, aka Miss Sledgehammer, is currently undefeated and is ranked as the top female super middleweight in the world. She is the longest reigning WBA female super middleweight champion and WBC female super middleweight champion and presently holds all of the major female super middleweight belts.
65 Tatiana Golovin
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Tatiana won the 2004 French Open mixed doubles and reached the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S. Open. She reached a high of number 12 on the women's singles rankings before having to take some time off due to back issues. She also appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
64 Serena Williams
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Where to begin? 2 Olympic gold medals in women's doubles, 5-time world number 1 singles player, 27 Grand Slam titles (13 in singles, 12 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles), and held all 4 Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously becoming only the fifth woman to ever do so. (view more pics)
63 Elena Reid
Sport: Boxing Career Highlights: Elena Reid, aka Baby Doll, was the the youngest boxer ever to win an IFBA World Title at age 20. She is a former WIBA and IFBA Flyweight Champion.
62 Sasha Cohen
Sport: Figure Skating Career Highlights: Cohen won the silver medal at the 2006 Olympic Games in Italy. She has also won medals at 3 World Championships and was the 2006 United States Champion.
61 Natalie Coughlin
Sport: Swimming Career Highlights: Coughlin is the first American female athlete to win 6 medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a gold medal in the 100 Meter Backstroke in two straight Olympic Games. She has won a total of 48 medals in the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. She also appeared in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
60 Michelle Wie
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Wie is the youngest player to ever qualify for a USGA amateur championship, the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event, the youngest player to make an LPGA cut, and the first female golfer to qualify for a USGA national men's tournament.
59 Sandra Gal
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Gal, a former Florida Gator, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, won her first LPGA event at the Kia Classic in March 2011, her fourth season on the American pro tour.
58 Logan Tom
Sport: Volleyball Career Highlights: Tom, an indoor as well as beach volleyball player, has competed in three Olympic Games: the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. In Beijing, Tom won a silver medal at the Beijing Games and was named Best Scorer for the tournament.
57 Daniela Hantuchova
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Hantuchova is only the fifth female tennis player to have won the mixed doubles title in all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career. She has won 4 WTA singles championships and 3 ITF singles titles and reached her career high singles ranking of number 5 in 2003. She also appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
56 Amanda Beard
Sport: Swimming Career Highlights: Amanda Beard is a seven-time Olympic medalist, a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke, and a two-time American Swimmer of the Year Award winner. She has won a total of twenty-one medals in major international competition. She also appeared in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and the July 2007 issue of Playboy magazine.
55 Bruna Schmitz
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: Schmitz, from Salto do Lontra, Brazil, won the Billabong Pro Junior title in 2003, making her the youngest athlete to win a professional event in Brazil. In 2011, she also modeled for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
54 Alona Bondarenko
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Ukrainian tennis player Alona Bondarenko defeated the then number one ranked player in the world Jelena Jankovic in the 2010 Australian Open and won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament. Her career high singles ranking of number 19 came in 2008.
53 Nikki Garrett
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Australian golfer Nikki Garret plays on the Ladies European Tour where she has won two tournaments. She was also named the 2006 Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year.
52 Victoria Pendleton
Sport: Cycling Career Highlights: Pendleton won a gold medal in the Women's Sprint at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 500m Time Trial as well as a gold in the Sprint, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Sprint Event.
51 Maria Verchenova
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Russian professional golfer, Maria Verchenova, is the first Russian to ever become a full-time member of the Ladies European Tour. She has 2 top 10 finishes so far on the tour. She is a 2-time Russian Amateur Champion, Austrian Amateur Champion, Latvian Amateur Champion, and Slovenian Amateur Champion.
50 Christine Arron
Sport: Track and Field Career Highlights: Arron is the fourth fastest woman ever over 100 meters and holds the European record for that event. She has won the gold medal in the 4x100 relay at the 2003 Paris World Championships and a bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
49 Paula Creamer
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Creamer has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour and has been ranked as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She is also the 2010 U.S. Women's Open champion and was the youngest and quickest player to reach $1 million in LPGA career earnings.
48 Biba Golic
Sport: Table Tennis Career Highlights: Golic has been called the "Anna Kournikova of table tennis" which is due to her relative lack of success yet tremendous notoriety due to her looks as she was named one of the "Sexiest Women in Sports" by ESPN in 2005. She was, however, a US National Collegiate Champion in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles & Team, all in 2003.
47 Megan Abudo
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: In 2000 Abudo was the runner up for the world title on the World Championship Tour where she has achieved multiple tour victories. She also finished fifth overall on the tour in 2005.
46 Carling Coffing
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Coffing appeared as a cast member of Big Break Sandals Resorts on the Golf Channel in 2010. She finished as the series champion. She also played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2011.
45 Julia Mancuso
Sport: Alpine Skiing Career Highlights: Mancuso won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the silver medal in both the downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Those three medals make her the most decorated female American alpine skier in Olympic history. She has also won four medals at the World Championships.
44 Venus Williams
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Venus is a three-time world number 1 singles player, has 21 Grand Slam titles to her credit (7 in singles, 12 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles), and the winner of 3 Olympic gold medals (1 in singles and 2 in women's doubles). (view more pics)
43 Alex Morgan
Sport: Soccer Career Highlights: Morgan was the youngest player on the USA roster at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the team that placed second in the tournament, and scored the first goal in the World Cup Final against Japan. She also appeared in the latest edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. (view more pics)
42 Almudena Cid Tostado
Sport: Rhythmic Gymnastics Career Highlights: Tostado is the first Spanish gymnast to ever compete in two Olympic finals, and the only rhythmic gymnast to make the finals at four consecutive Olympic Games. She also holds a modelling contract with Nike and she has done work modeling for an underwear store.
41 Stephanie Rice
Sport: Swimming Career Highlights: Rice, from Australia, is the current record-holder in the 400 meter women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
40 Alicia Sacramone
Sport: Gymnastics Career Highlights: Sacramone has won 17 medals at the US National Championships including 8 gold medals. She has also won 10 medals, including 4 golds at the World Championships, making her the most decorated U.S. gymnast ever in those events. Sacramone also won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also appeared nude in ESPN the Magazine's 2011 "Body Issue."
39 Kristi Leskinen
Sport: Freestyle Skiing Career Highlights: Leskinen won a bronze medal in the Women's Superpipe at Winter X Games IX in 2005. She is also the first woman ever to pull a rodeo 720 and appeared on the reality show The Superstars in 2009.
38 Laisa Andrioli
Sport: Soccer Career Highlights: Androli is a member of the Brazilian national soccer team. In 2007 her squad took 2nd place in the World Cup. She has also posed nude.
37 Lacy Schnoor
Sport: Freestyle Skiing Career Highlights: Schnoor participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics finishing 9th in the Women's Aerials event. Her best World Cup finish was an eighth place finish in 2007. She also appeared in the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
36 Gretchen Bleiler
Sport: Snowboarding Career Highlights: Bleiler has won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the Superpipe event at the Winter X Games as well as a silver medal in the Halfpipe event at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. She won more Halfpipe events in 2003, 2005 and 2006 than any other female snowboarder in the world. She also appeared nude on the cover and inside in ESPN the Magazine's "Body Issue."
35 Lolo Jones
Sport: Track and Field Career Highlights: Jones won 3 NCAA titles and earned 11 All-American honors while in college at LSU. She also won indoor national titles three times in the 60 meter hurdles, and earned gold medals at the World Indoor Championship twice. She is the current American record holder in the 60 meter hurdles. She also appeared nude in the 2009 ESPN the Magazine "Body Issue."
34 Natalie Gulbis
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: Gulbis' sole LPGA tournament victory came in 2007 at the Evian Masters, but she has also played on 3 U.S. Solheim Cup championship teams. Her highest finish in a major is a tie for third at the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship. She also appeared in the 2012 edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
33 Nastia Liukin
Sport: Gymnastics Career Highlights: Liukin is the 2008 Olympic Individual All-Around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. She has 9 total World Championships medals, tying her for second all-time. Liukin is also a 4-time All-Around U.S. National Champion having won twice as a junior and twice as a senior.
32 Allyson Felix
Sport: Track and Field Career Highlights: Felix, who competes in the 100, 200 and 400 meter events, is a two-time Olympic silver medalist at the 200 meter distance. She also won an Olympic gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as a member of the United States' Women's 4 x 400 meters team.
30 (tie) Angela Cope
Sport: Auto Racing Career Highlights: Angela and her sister Amber Cope (below) became the first twins to compete in one of the top three series in NASCAR history in 2010. She has competed in 4 races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with the first being the Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 in 2011. (view more pics)
30 (tie) Amber Cope
Sport: Auto Racing Career Highlights: On the day Amber and her sister Angela made NASCAR history Amber finished 26th while Angela finished 30th in the Camping World Truck Series event held in Martinsville. Angela has competed in one NASCAR Nationwide Series event so far, the 2011 Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 in 2011. (view more pics)
29 Caroline Wozniacki
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Wozniacki's highest career ranking on the WTA Tour is number 1, a position she held for 67 weeks. She has won 18 WTA singles titles and 4 ITF titles including a second-place finish at the 2009 U.S. Open. She has also won 2 WTA events in doubles. (view more pics)
28 Miesha Tate
Sport: MMA Career Highlights: Tate is the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion and the current Freestyle Cage Fighting Women's Bantamweight Champion. She has won a silver medal in the FILA Grappling Championships. Her career record in MMA is 12-2 with 3 wins by knockout and 5 wins by submission.
27 Lindsey Vonn
Sport: Alpine Skiing Career Highlights: Vonn won 3 straight Overall World Cup and Downhill championships from 2008 to 2010, the first American woman to ever accomplish that feat. She also won the gold medal in Downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first time ever for an American woman. In addition to that Vonn also won 3 straight World Cup season titles in Super G and 2 consecutive titles in the Combined. She has also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. (view more pics)
26 Maria Kirilenko
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Kirilenko reached her career high ranking of number 18 in 2008. She has 5 singles WTA tournament wins and 3 ITF singles titles in her career, plus she has won doubles titles at 10 WTA events. She also appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
25 Allison Baver
Sport: Speed Skating Career Highlights: Allison Baver, a short track speed skater, competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver where she competed in three events and won a bronze medal in the 3000 meter relay. Baver also won her first U.S. National Championship in 2007.
24 Kimiko Zakreski
Sport: Snowboarding Career Highlights: Kimiko, who competes in alpine disciplines, Parallel GS and Parallel Slalom, was a member of Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and has twice finished on the podium during World Cup events with a second place finish and a third place finish to her credit.
23 Lani Doherty
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: 19 year-old Lani Doherty won the women’s open and junior women’s division at the Hoo-kipa Surfing Challenge Neil Pryde Maui in 2008 at the age of just 15.
22 Niki Gudex
Sport: Mountain Biking Career Highlights: Mountain biker Niki Gudex was the Australian National Series Champion in Cross Country in 2003 and was Australian National Series Champion in 2001 in Downhill. The Australian version of FHM magazine has named her of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World 5 times.
21 Blair O'Neal
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: While attending Arizona State O'Neal won 2 NCAA Long Drive contests. In 2008 Blair was named "One of the hottest 50 athletes of all-time" by Sports Illustrated and was voted into the final four in their "World's Hottest Athlete" contest.
20 Hope Solo
Sport: Soccer Career Highlights: At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Solo won the "Golden Glove" award for best goalkeeper, the "Bronze Ball" award for her overall performance, and was named to the tournament's All-Star team. She also appeared nude in ESPN magazine's 2011 "Body Issue." (view more pics)
19 Kate Hollywood
Sport: Field Hockey Career Highlights: Australian field hockey player Kate Hollywood participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has won 2 Commonwealth Games gold medals, in 2006 and 2010. She has also won a silver medal as her team finished second in the 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy tournament.
18 Maria Sharapova
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Sharapova, the former 4-time number 1 ranked player in the world, has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam events: Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006, and the Australian Open in 2008. She has also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. (view more pics)
17 Danica Patrick
Sport: Auto Racing Career Highlights: Patrick is the only woman to win an IndyCar Series event and is the highest finishing woman at the Indianapolis 500 (third place). She was named the Rookie of the Year at the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. She also holds the the best finish by a woman in a top NASCAR series, finishing fourth at a Nationwide Series event in 2011. Posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on 2009. (view more pics)
16 Clair Bidez
Sport: Snowboarding Career Highlights: Bidez finished fourth at the 2006 Winter X Games in the Halfpipe. She has one win to her credit in Halfpipe at the at the Nissan Aspen/Snowmass Open and she also appeared in the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
15 Claudia Toth
Sport: Curling Career Highlights: Toth is the Austrian national curling team skip (aka captain). In 2005, she posed nude in a calendar to promote women's curling, but turned down an offer to pose for the German edition of Playboy.
14 Federica Pellegrini
Sport: Swimming Career Highlights: Italian swimmer Pellegrini is the women's 200 Meter Freestyle (long course and short course) and 400 Meter Freestyle (long course) world record holder. She won the silver medal in the 200 Meter Freestyle at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens at the age of just 16. She also won a gold medal in the 200 Meter Freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (view more pics)
13 Alana Blanchard
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: 21 year-old American surfer Alana Blanchard won the 2005 T&C Women’s Pipeline Championships, as well as the HASA State Championships and the Rip Curl Grom Search Nationals in the same year. She also holds wins in the Volcom Pufferfish Surf Series, the Roxy Pro Trials, and the Billabong Pro and Pre Trials.
12 Lokelani McMichael
Sport: Triathlon Career Highlights: At age 18, McMichael entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest woman ever to finish the Hawaii Ironman. She has been featured in many magazines including GQ, Shape, Triathlete, Runner's World, and Men's Health.
11 Anastasia Ashley
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: At age 16, Ashley won the Professional Surf Tour of America and holds a win in the North Shore Soap Factory Pipeline Women's Pro event. In 2005, PETA named her the "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" and she has also appeared in the men's magazine FHM.
10 Kim Glass
Sport: Volleyball Career Highlights: Indoor volleyball player Kim Glass won a silver medal as part of Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011.
9 Ana Ivanovic
Sport: Tennis Career Highlights: Ivanovic held the number 1 ranking in 2008, won the 2008 French Open, and finished second at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. She has won 11 WTA Tour events in singles as well as 5 ITF titles. Posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2010. (view more pics)
8 Fatima Moreira De Melo
Sport: Field Hockey Career Highlights: Field hockey player Fatima Moreira De Melo has played in 191 international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. As part of the Dutch national team she has won the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, the 2007 Champions Trophy, and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
7 Maryeve Dufault
Sport: Auto Racing Career Highlights: Canadian race car driver Maryeve Dufault has raced in the Skip Barber, formula BMW, Formula Renault, Star Mazda, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series. She was the first female race car driver selected to be part of the Dodge Motorsport driver development program. She also won a Miss Hawaiian Tropic International competition.
6 Melanie Adams
Sport: Track and Field Career Highlights: Australian pole vaulter Melanie Adams was a Miss Teen Australia finalist and will be attempting to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also has two national under-21 titles to her credit.
5 Michelle Waterson
Sport: MMA Career Highlights: Waterson, aka The Karate Hottie, is currently the number 4 ranked female strawweight fighter in the world. She holds a record of 9-3 with 2 wins by knockout and 6 by submission. She has appeared on Fight Girls, a reality show on Oxygen and on the MTV/MTV2 reality show Bully Beatdown.
4 Malia Jones
Sport: Surfing Career Highlights: At age 15 Jones won the girls division of the United States Amateur Surfing Championship. She has been named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People magazine, one of America's "10 Sexiest Athletes" by Esquire, has modeled for Sports Illustrated and has posed topless.
3 Sophie Horn
Sport: Golf Career Highlights: British golfer Sophie Horn, aka The Golf Nurse, has several under-21 titles on her resume but is most well-known in the States for being GQ magazine’s resident golf expert.
2 Gina Carano
Sport: MMA Career Highlights: Carano, the former number 3 ranked 145-pound female fighter in the world, holds a career MMA record of 7-1 with 3 wins via knockout and 1 by submission. She also holds a 12-1-1 record in professional kickboxing. She appeared in the 2009 edition of ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue. (view more pics)
1 Leryn Franco
Sport: Track and Field Career Highlights: Franco competed in the Javelin at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She set national records for under-17 in 1998 for both the javelin and triple jump, was the South American under-23 champion in 2004, and has appeared Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (in the 2011). (view more pics)

PREVIOUS SEXY LADY LISTS FROM GUYISM:
• Valentine's Special: The 66 Sexiest Redheads in the World
• 66 Women to Watch in 2012
• Your 66 Favorite Women of 2011
• Unwrapped: The 66 Sexiest Celebs to Take It Off for Playboy
• The 100 Women We’re Most Thankful for in 2011
• Babeology: 101 Sexy Ladies You Probably Don't Know, But Should
• The 100 Sexiest Female Singers in the World
• The 100 Sexiest Lingerie Models in the World
• The 100 Sexiest Fashion Models Working Today
• The 100 Sexiest Actresses Working in America Today
• The 66 Most Underrated Women of 2011
• The 25 Sexiest Countries in the World
How about another?

THAT’S IT FOR THIS ONE. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER?

9 haircuts parents should STOP giving their children

This week in e-cards

What’s winning the Internet today (05.25.12)