Lydia Lassila is Monday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Lydia Lassila starts off this Monday as one of the most beautiful women in sports.

Lydia Sara-Marie Lassila

Born January 17, 1982 in Melbourne, Australia

Currently lives in Melbourne, Australia

Olympic Freestyle Skier, Aerial Skier

Lydia holds the current world record of 220.91 points in Jump combination: Lay-Double Full-Full & Lay-Full-Full.  She also holds the Olympic record in Jump combination of 214.74 points.

Lassila won the gold medal in aerials at the 2012 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada at Cypress Mountain.

Lydia also won the World Cup Overall in 2008-2009 and finished second four times.  Lydia has also earned 11 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 8 bronze medals on World Cup Podiums.

Lassila ruptured her ACL in 2005 and underwent radical knee reconstruction to ready herself for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

In 2010 Lydia was honored as the Athlete of the Year by the Australian Institute of Sport, Ski and Snowboard, Victorian Institute of Sport and with the Kitty McEwan Award.  She also earned the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Don Award and the Governor's Award for Victorian Sportsperson of the Year.