Italian beach volleyball player Marta Menegatti is this Thursday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Marta Menegatti
Born August 16, 1990 in Rovigo, Italy
Beach Volleyball Player
Currently lives in Ariano Polesine, Italy
Marta and her team mate Greta Cicolari qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and made it to the quarterfinals but lost to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.
Menegatti made her professional debut in September, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
Marta won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championships in Kristiansand, partnering with Greta Cicolari.
Mengatti and Cicolari placed 9th at the 2011 World Championships in Rome.
Marta, along with Greta, now train in Ancona on Italy's east coast. Both women also serve in the Italian Air Force and competed in the 2011 Military World Games in Rio de Janerio.
For more pictures of Marta, visit the Volleyball page.
Italian fencer Elisa Di Francisca is this Wednesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Elisa Di Francisca
Born December 13, 1982 in Jesi, Italy
Italian Foil Fencer
Elisa won two gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, one gold in Foil and another in team foil.
Di Francisca won the individual gold medal in 2010 at the Senior World Championships in Paris. Elisa also earned a gold medal in Team Foil at the same event.
Elisa has won six gold medals at the European Championships, five in Team Foil and one individual. The most recent was at Legnano in 2012.
Di Francisca currently holds 12 gold medals, four silver and three bronze between the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships.
Elisa's teammates at the 2012 Olympics in the Team Foil events are Valentina Vezzali, Arianna Errigo and llaria Salvatori.
Di Francisca is currently a member of the fencing club of G.S. Fiamme Oro.
Vanda Hadarean is this Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Vanda Maria Hadarean
Born May 3, 1976 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Currently lives in Ottawa, Canada
IFBB Fitness Competitor, Retired Gymnast
Vanda competed as an artistic gymnast from 1990 through 1993 and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Hadarean also earned two bronze medals in gymnastics, one at the 1991 World Championships and one at the 1992 European Championships.
Vanda is a four time Ms. Fitness World (2008-2011) and a four time Ms. Fitness Canada (2006-2009).
Hadarean made her debut into fitness competitions came in 2005 by winning the Ms. Fitness Canada title and finishing fourth at the Ms. Fitness World event.
Vanda has appeared on the cover of Ms. Fitness Magazine in 2008, Oxygen in 2009 and Serious about Fitness in 2005 and 2008.
Hadarean also provides consultation services to gymnasts and fitness competitors under the brand name of "Inspired by Vanda".
For more pictures of Vanda visit the fitness page.
Basketball player Antonija Misura is this Thursday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Antonija Misura
Born May 19, 1988 in Sibenik, Croatia
Professional Basketball Player
Antonija plays for the Croatia women's national basketball team.
Misura won a bronze medal in 2009 at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.
Antonija plays for the ZKK Sibenik Jolly JBS woman's basketball team. Antonija has been a member of the team since 2007.
At the 2012 London Olympics Antonija is averaging 3.3 points per game....does anyone care how many points scores?
Misura was proclaimed as an Olympic Beauty Queen online with Russia Today.
2012 London Olympic 100 m hurdle gold medalist Sally Pearson is this Wednesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Sally Pearson
Born September 19, 1986 in Sydney, Australia
Australian Track and Field Athlete, 100 m Hurdles, 100 m Sprint
Sally won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the 100 m hurdles with a new Olympic record time of 12.35.
Pearson was awarded the Female athlete of the year by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2011. Sally was the first Australian to receive the award.
In 2011 Sally won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the World Championships held in Daegu, South Korea.
Pearson also won a gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sticking with women's volleyball today as Tatiana Kosheleva is this Tuesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Tatiana Sergeevna Kosheleva
Born December 23, 1988 in Minsk, Belarus
Russian Volleyball Player
Tatiana joined the Russian National team in June, 2007 in Nizhny Tagl at the Yeltsin Cup. Kosheleva and the Russian National team became a three time winner of the Yeltsin Cup - 2008-2010.
In 2010 Tatiana won a gold medal with the Russian National Team at the World Cup in Japan.
Kosheleva has also won silver medals with the Russian National Team in 2009 at the Grand Prix, in 2007 at the European Championships and at the European Grand Prix qualification in 2009 and 2011.
Tatiana is currently a member of the "Dynamo" Kazan Volleyball club in St. Petersburg.
For more pictures of Tatiana visit the volleyball page!
British beach volleyball player Zara Dampney is this Monday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Zara Dampney
Born June 10, 1986 in Poole, United Kingdom
Beach Volleyball Player
Dampney competed for the British adult indoor volleyball team at the age of sixteen and was a member of the Wessex Volleyball Club.
In 2009 Zara made her debut on the Federation Internationale de Volleyball and was part of the British team to compete on tour for a decade.
While on tour with the British team Zara sold advertising space on her bikini bottoms hosting a QR code for bookmaker Betfair.
Dampney has competed with Shauna Mulllin since 2009 and they were selected to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
In June, 2011 Zara and Shauna finished 17th at the World Championships in Rome.
As of July, 2012 Dampney and Mullin were ranked 37th in the world.
Zara along with Victoria Pendleton posed nude for GQ magazine.
For more pictures of Zara, visit the volleyball page.
Dutch footballer (soccer player) Anouk Hoogendijk is this Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Anouk Anna Hoogendijk
Born May 6, 1985 in Utrecht, Netherelands
International football midfielder or defender
In August of 2004 Anouk made her debut for the Netherlands women national football team.
Hoogendijk played in every match for the Netherlands in the 2009 UEFA Women's Euro. Netherlands reached the semi-finals.
Anouk is currently a member of the Dutch women's football team from Amsterdam representing AFC Ajax in the Vrouwen BeNe League.
Hoogendijk also was a member of FC Utrecht Vrouwen which earned the 2010 Dutch Cup and Dutch Super Cup awards. Utrecht announced the team would be dissolved due to financial reasons but then later announced to cancel the decision to dissolve.
Anouk has made 69 appearances with the Dutch National team and has scored 7 goals as of October, 2011.
For more pictures of Anouk visit the soccer page.
Cycle Racer Hanka Kupfernagel is this Thursday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.
Hanka Kaufernagel
Born March 19, 1974 in Gera, Germany
Professional Cycle Racer
Hanka won the gold medal at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships Women's Time Trial hosted in Stuttgart, Germany.
Kaufernagel earned a silver medal at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, North Brabant, Netherlands.
Hanka is a three time UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion, 2001, 2005 and 2008.
Kaufernagel currently rides with RusVelo, a professional road and track cycling team, founded in 2011 and a part of the Russian Global Cycling Project.
Hanka posed for the 2011 Cyclepassion calendar and is featured in February.
Kaufernagel won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia in the Women's Road Race, Individual with team Germany.
