20. Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan is probably the most overall successful figure skater in American history, and she’s also one of the greatest figure skaters of all time. She started [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]skating[/COLOR][/COLOR] when she was 8, waking up at 3 AM to practice for three to four hours a day. Like most American female figure skaters, Kwan has spent some time [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]acting[/COLOR][/COLOR], and has even done voice work for Family Guy and The Simpsons.
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19. Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler is an American snowboarder and won a [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]silver [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]medal[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She’s also the spokeswoman for Oakley and K2, and it’s not hard to see why a company would want to have her representing them.
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18. Summer Sanders
Summer Sanders was a three time medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics in swimming. She has to be one of the strongest living proofs that your name can determine your destiny. Sanders has since gone on to broadcasting and acting and has hosted numerous sports related television shows.
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17. Heather Mitts
Heather Mitts is a great soccer player, but she also has great credentials for this list, having been voted the hottest female athlete alive in a 2004 poll run by ESPN.com. This is a girl who loves male athletes, having dated QB A.J. Feeley, tennis star James Blake, and outfielder Pat Burrell all in the past ten years. She’s single now though.
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16. Jelena Dokic
Jelena Dokic is a Serbian tennis player who immigrated to Australia in 1994. She’s pretty curvy for a tennis player, but still features the usual awesome long legs.
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15. Ashley Harkleroad
[COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Ashley [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Harkleroad[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] recently made a splash by committing to appearing in Playboy magazine’s August 2008 issue. Pretty sure that’ll be a hot seller.
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14. Kristy Yamaguchi
Kristy Yamaguchi really was US female figure skating for awhile back in the early 90’s. She recently won ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, which makes sense as dancing can’t be all that much more difficult than figure skating.
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13. Ashley Force
I’m not entirely sure how a hot young girl gets into funny car drag racing (I’m not really sure how anyone gets into funny car drag racing), but Ashley Force definitely provides reason to watch the sport. She’s recently been featured on a reality show featuring her family called Driving Force.
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12. Allison Stokke
Allison Stokke is a college pole vaulter who caused a massive stir on the internet when some rather mundane competition photos of her were found online. Which is a real testament to how hot she is. Or how easily pleased and amused the [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]internet[/COLOR][/COLOR] can be, I don’t know which. But she is really ridiculously hot.
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11. Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie hasn’t had the kind of sucess everyone expected on the [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]LPGA [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]tour[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] (remember when she was supposed to be the female Tiger Woods?), but she’s still raking in the cash thanks to massive endorsements with companies like Nike and Sony. She’s been the source of quite a bit of controversy for stuff like “inappropriate” clothing and phantom [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]injuries[/COLOR][/COLOR], but I have to say I’m a fan. Probably mostly because of the inappropriate clothing.
10. Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming was a figure skater in the 60’s, winning a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. She parlayed her good looks into a job commentating on figure skating events that she held for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic games. Fleming is now a [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]breast [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]cancer[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] activist after successfully battling the disease in the late 90’s.
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9. Maria Sharapova
[COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Maria [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Sharapova[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] is absolutely stunning, but she’s also a phenomenal athlete which makes her all the more attractive. While some women make this list almost primarily for their looks, Sharapova is just as noteworthy for her career achievements. Watching her play is always an enjoyable experience.
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8. Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Reece was named by ELLE magazine as one of the five most [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]beautiful [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Women[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] in the World in 1989. Even though she was a very talented [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]beach [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]volleyball[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] player, Reece was probably more well known for her modeling and television work. Most people who grew up watching MTV in the early 90’s will remember her as host of MTV Sports.
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7. Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick is so hot she makes people care about IndyCar racing, at least for one weekend a year. That’s a hell of an achievement and pretty much enough said.
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6. Biba Golic
I feel pretty comfortable saying that Biba Golic is the hottest table [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]tennis [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]player[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] to ever live. She’s also the only table tennis player I’ve ever technically heard of, but I’m still willing to bet she’s the hottest.
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5. Jennie Finch
Softball players don’t immediately come to mind when you think of hot female athletes, but Jennie Finch is definitely the exception. Probably for that reason, she’s the most famous softball player of all time. Finch has appeared in SI’s swimsuit issue and won an online ESPN.com poll naming her hottest female athlete.
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4. Chris Evert
Chris Evert is one of the most popular women athletes the United States has ever had. Her nickname for quite awhile was actually “Chrissy America”. She was linked to damn near every high profile actor and athlete in the 70’s (including [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Burt [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]Reynolds[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], Geraldo Rivera, Adam Faith, Vitas Gerulaitis, Pat Boone, and John Gardner “Jack” Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford) and even hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.
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3. Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova would probably break the [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]internet[/COLOR][/COLOR] if she ever posed nude. She gets slammed unfairly for being a poor tennis player (she’s never won a singles tournament), but she was at times one of the best doubles players in the world, even reaching #1 at various times.
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2. Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt appeared in Playboy in December of 1998. It was the second issue of Playboy to ever sell out, the first being the inaugural issue featuring Marilyn Monroe.
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1. Natalie Gulbis
Possibly a controversial choice, but Gulbis is ridiculously, ridiculously hot. Female golfers have come a long way in perceived attractiveness in the past ten years, and Gulbis is leading the way, having sold a personal [COLOR=#0D37FF ! important][COLOR=#0D37FF ! important]calendar[/COLOR][/COLOR] as well as posing in magazines like FHM. We here at PopCrunch love her, and are proud to name her our hottest female athlete of all time.
