Monday, July 30, 2012

Olympian Georgina Pota is this Monday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Georgina Pota is this Monday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Georgina Pota


Born January 13, 1985 in Budapest, Hungary


Professional Table Tennis Player (Ping Pong)


Pota won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2007 Table Tennis European Championship in Belgrade.




Georgina won a silver medal at the women's doubles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2007 European Championships.




At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China Pota was knocked out in the third round by Wang Nan of China.




Pota is currently ranked 48th by the International Table Tennis Federation as of July 30th, 2012.





Friday, July 27, 2012

Voula Papachristou is Friday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

This Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports is triple jumper Voula Papachristou.  Even though Voula has been in the news recently for her comments on twitter she still makes our list.




Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou




Born April 17, 1989 in Athens, Greece




Triple Jumper




Papachristou won bronze medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships and at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.




Voula earned her first gold medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships.




Papachristou had her personal best in the long jump of 6.60 m in June, 2012 in Athens, Greece.  In June, 2011 she achieved her personal best in the triple jump with a jump of 14.72 m in Chania, Greece.



In July, 2012 Voula was removed from the 2012 Greek team after she posted a tweet.





Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Jeanette Ottesen is today's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Swimmer Jeanette Ottesen is today's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Jeanette Ottesen




Born December 30, 1987 in Lyngby, Denmark




Danish and Olympic Swimmer




Jeanette currently holds the Danish record in the 100 m freestyle.




In 2011 Ottesen earned four gold medals, three at the European Championships and one at the World Championships in Shanghai.  Jeanette's World Championship gold medal came in the 100 m freestyle.




Jeanette had also won a gold medal at the European Championships in the 100 m butterfly in 2008.




Ottesen has participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.




Jeanette set a personal best record in the 50 m butterfly in April, 2012 in Rio, Brasilien.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Michelle Jenneke is Monday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports



Michelle Jenneke is this Monday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke




Born June 23, 1993 in Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia




Hurdler, Sprint medley relay




Jenneke earned a silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.




In 2011 Michelle placed third at the Australian Athletics Championships. 




At the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships Michelle placed 5th in the 100m hurdles. This is the event where Shelly's warm up video was born in the heats race.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Carmen Garcia is Friday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Bodybuilder and fitness model Carmen Garcia is this Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Carmen Garcia




Born July 16, 1977 in Havana, Cuba




Bodybuilder and Fitness Model




Carmen was raised in Miami, Florida and moved to Los Angeles, CA to become a private personal trainer.




Garcia has been featured in FHM Magazine, Ironman, Planet Muscle, Oxygen, MMAG International, Muscular Development along with appearances in television commercials.




Carmen is a certified trainer by the U.S. Personal Trainer's Association, CPR Certified, a USPTA student examiner and an IDEA-Fit member.




Garcia injured her back before her first fitness competition in October, 2000.




Carmen has also made appearances in the TV show Silk Stalkings and in the Sugar Ray music video "When it's Over".



Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Suzann Petterson is Wednesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Norwegian professional golfer Suzann Petterson is this Wednesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Suzann Petterson




Born April 7, 1981 in Oslo, Norway




Petterson currently lives in Orlando, Florida




Professional Golfer on the LPGA and Ladies European Tour




Suzann turn professional in 2000 and earned her Ladies European Tour card with an 11th place finish at the 2001 LET Qualifying School.  In her second pro event Suzann won the Open de France Dames.






Petterson's first win on the LPGA Tour came in May, 2007 at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill where she defeated Jee Young Lee.




Currently Suzann has won eight LPGA events and one Major Championship.  Her Major Championship win was at the McDonald's LPGA Championship in 2007.  Petterson also has won five Ladies European Tour events, her latest in 2011 at the  Ladies Irish Open.




In 2012 Suzann posed nude in the 2012 ESPN Body issue.




For more pictures of Suzann visit the Golf page.









Monday, July 16, 2012

Ronda Rousey is Monday's Pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

MMA Hottie Ronda Rousey is this Monday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Ronda Jean Rousey




Born February 1, 1987 in Riverside County, California




Currently lives in Venice, California




Mixed Martial Artist




Ronda won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing China in Women's Judo in 70kg.




Rousey won the Strikeforce women's bantamweight title on March 3, 2012 by defeating Miesha Tate by submission.




Ronda has won gold medals in Judo at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janerio, in 2004 and 2005 at the Pan American Judo Championships.




Rousey is one of the featured athletes in the 2012 ESPN Body issue.




Ronda is currently the #1 ranked 135 lb  female MMA fighter in the world.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Holly Holm is Friday's Most Beautiful Women in Sports Pick.

Holly Holm is this Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Holly Holm




Born October 17, 1981 in Albuquerque, New Mexico




Professional Boxer and Kick boxer




Holly became the undisputed welterweight champion in June 2008 by defeating former champion Mary Jo Sanders by decision.  




Holm won the WBF female, WBAN welterweight and the IBF female titles by defeating Anne Sophie Mathis of France by unanimous decision in June of 2012.




Holly made her MMA debut in March 2011 winning her first match against Christina Domke.  Holm went to 2-0 in MMA events by defeating Jan Finney in September 2011.




Holm has a current boxing record of 31-2-3 and currently holds the WBF female, IBF female and WBAN Welterweight titles.




Holly was named the WBF Fighter of the year in 2010 and 2007, and named Ring Magazine female Fighter of the year twice.  




Holly's nickname is Hottie.....





Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Tania Cagnotto is today's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Italian diver Tania Cagnotto is today's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Tania Cagnotto




Born May 15, 1985 in Bolzano, Italy




Olympic Diver




Tania participated in her first Olympics in Sydney Australia in 2000 and finished in 18th place in the 3 meter springboard.




Cagnotto's best Olympic finish to date was at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing China where she finished 5th in the 3 meter springboard.  Tania also participated in the 10 meter platform where she finished 10th.




Tania won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the 1 meter springboard in Shanghai.






Cagnotto has won 10 gold medals at the European Championships, her latest in 2012 in the 3 meter synchro at Eindoven.  Tania also won a silver medal in the 1 meter springboard at Eindoven.






Tania is the daughter of two Italian divers.  Her mother is Giorgio Cagnotto who won four Olympic medals in the 1970's and 1980's and her father Carmen Casteiner was also an Italian diver.





Monday, July 2, 2012

Andrea Petkovic is Monday's Pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Andrea Petkovic is this Monday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Andrea Petkovic 




Born September 9, 1987 in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia




Currently lives in Griesheim, Germany




Professional Tennis Player




As of June, 2012 Andrea is ranked #18 and her highest ranking was #9 in October, 2011.




Petkovic had won four ITF titles before she turned professional in 2006.  Andrea won at Antalya and Podgorica in 2004 and at Davos and Alphen aan den Rijn in 2005.




Andrea has won two WTA career titles, her first in July, 2009 at Bad Gastein in Austria and her second in 2011 in Stasbourg, France.




Petkovic has a career record of 272-157 in singles and 53-50 in doubles competition.


For more pictures of Andrea visiit the tennis page.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Cheryl Bernard is today's Most Beautiful Woman in Sports pick.

Canadian curler Cheryl Bernard is our pick today as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Cheryl Bernard




Born June 30, 1966 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada




Canadian Curler




Cheryl represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada as the team's skip where she won the silver medal.




Bernard won her first gold medal at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Edmonton.




In 2012 Cheryl announced her new curling team which includes Susan O'Connor, Lori-Olson-Johns and Cathy King.




Bernard starting curling at 8 years old and is coached by Dennis Balderston.  She is a member of the Calgary Curling Club.