Penny Taylor is Wednesday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Penny Taylor is this Wednesday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Penelope Jane Taylor


Born May 24, 1981 in Melbourne, Australia


Professional Basketball Player

Penny helped lead the Australian Women's Basketball team to a gold medal at the 2006 World Championships.  Penny also earned Most Valuable Player honors over teammate Lauren Jackson.


In April 2001 Taylor was drafted in the 1st round of the WNBA draft by the Cleveland Rockers.  Penelope was picked up by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2004 dispersal draft and currently plays with Phoenix.


Penny is a three time WNBA All-Star, 2002, 2007 and 2011 and is a two time WNBA Champion, 2007 and 2009.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Taylor earned a silver medal with the Australian National Team.  Penny also won a silver medal in 2004 at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.


In 2004 Penelope posed nude for the Australian magazine Black+White which featured Olympic Athletes who were set to compete in Athens.

Dianna Dahlgren is Tuesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Dianna Dahlgren is Tuesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in
sports.


Dianna Dahlgren


Born February 4, 1990 in Fallbrook, California


Currently lives in Wildomar, California


IFBB Bikini Pro/Fitness Management Group Athlete, model

Dianna won her first competition at the 2009 NPC Los Angeles Championships in Class C.


Dahlgren earned her IFBB Pro Card at the 2009 NPC Team Universe in Class E where she took 1st place.


At the 2010 IFBB Connecticut Europa Dianna won her first IFBB competition in July.


In 2011 Dahlgren won the IFBB Phoenix Pro, finished 4th at the Dallas Europa and 3rd at the 2011 IFBB Bikini Olympia.

For the second straight year Dianna was chosen as Miss Supercross where she represents the sport of supercross through a variety of promotional events and opportunities which include on and off track reporting and interaction with fans.  Dahlgren will also accompany the winners of supercross events at the podium at the closing of each race.


For more pictures of Dianna visit the fitness page!

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.

Jessica Rokoczy finishes the week as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Jessica Rokoczy is Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Jessica Rokoczy


Born April 14, 1977 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


Currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada


Professional Boxer and Mixed Martial Arts fighter

Jessica won her first title in 1998 at the Ontario Championships in St. Catherines where she won the Provincial Bantamweight Title.


Rokoczy made her professional boxing debut on October 21, 2000 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, when she knocked out Pamela Sepulvado in the first round.

In April, 2005 Jessica defeated Belinda Laracuente and earned the International Boxing Association female lightweight title with by unanimous decision.


Jessica earned the WBC female lightweight title in July, 2005 by knocking out Jane Couch.


Rokoczy is currently the title holder in the lightweight division of the WBC and has a record of 32 and 3.


Jessica has also entered into Mixed Martial Arts and has a current record of 0-3-1.

Hanna-Marie Seppala is Thursday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Swimmer Hanna-Maria Seppala is this Thursday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Hanna-Maria Seppala


Born December 13, 1984 in Kerava, Finland


Freestyle swimmer


Hanna-Maria made the Finnish national junior team by age 10 and in 1999 she won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in the 50 m freestyle.

In 2003 Seppala won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.


At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Hanna-Maria finished in fourth place in the finals of the 100 m freestyle with a time of 53.97.


Seppala competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia at age 15 where she swan in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle for Finland.

According to Finnish records Hanna-Maria has broken over 100 national records in Finland and 9 Nordic records.


Seppala has won the European Championship four times and the World Championship once in 2003.  At World Championship events Hanna-Maria has won the gold once, silver twice and bronze once.


For more pictures of Hanna-Maria visit the Swimming page....

Candice Keene is Wednesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Candice Keene is Wednesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Candice Keene


Born March 1, 1982 in Dallas, Texas


IFBB Figure competitor, model


Currently lives in Orlando, Florida

Candice won the first competition she entered in 2008 at the NPC All South Championship in St. Augustine Florida.  Two weeks later Keene won her Pro Card at the 2008 NPC Nationals.


Keene invented the low glycemic sugar free high protein meal replacement call ProCakez when she was trying to make herself different concoctions for herself. 


In 2010 Candice won the Europa Battle of the Champions in Hartford Connecticut in Pro Figure along with winning the Jacksonville Pro again in Pro Figure.

Candice won two more IFBB events in 2011, the IFBB Optimum Classic Pro Figure and Bikini and the IFBB Phoenix Pro.  Keene also placed second at the Europa Show of Champions and the Jacksonville Pro.


In 2012 Keene has won two events through May, the Europa Show of Champions in Orlando and the New York Pro.  Candice also placed third at the Arnold Classic.


For more pictures of Candice check out the Fitness page...

Kyra Gracie is Tuesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Brazilian Kyra Gracie is this Tuesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Kyra Gracie Guimaraes


Born May 29, 1985 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil


Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo and Wrestling


Kyra is a four time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion where she won in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

Gracie competed in tournament six of Kunoichi which is the female version of Sasuke or Ninja Warrior.


Krya won the Pan American Brazilian Ju-Jitsu Games in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007.  Gracie also won the Brazilian BJJ Championship five times and the New York State Championship five times.


Gracie is also a submission wrestler and won the Submission Wrestling World Championship three times, the latest in 2011.

Kyra is a second degree black belt and is planning to make her Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut one day soon. 


Gracie is considered the most decorated female Ju-Jitsu fighter ever and the great granddaughter of one of the founders of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie.

Luciana Aymar Starts Monday as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Field hockey player Luciana Aymar starts of the week as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Luciana Paula Aymar




Born August 10, 1977 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina




Field Hockey Player, Midfielder

Luciana started playing field hockey at seven years old with Club Atletico in Rosario.  In 1997 Aymar was part of the Argentina national team that won the Pan American Games Junior Championship.




In 1998 Aymar joined the Argentina senior national team at age 16 where they finished fourth at the World Cup.  Luciana was the youngest Argentinian to be accepted to the squad.




Aymar has won gold medals at the Pan American Games three times, 1999, 2003 and 2007, and the silver medal once in 2011.  At the World Cup Aymar won the gold medal in 2002 and 2010.  The 2010 World Cup gold medal came in her home town of Rosario.

Luciana has three Olympic medals in field hockey, a silver in 2000, and two bronze medals, one in 2004 and one in 2008.




Aymar has won the Champion's Trophy's Player of the Tournament six times with the most recent being in 2012.  Luciana was voted the International Field Hockey World's Best Player of the Year seven times, the latest in 2010.




Luciana was also voted the World Cup Player of the Tournament twice, once in 2002 and once in 2010.

Claudia Pechstein is Friday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Speed skater Claudia Pechstein is Friday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.

Claudia Pechstein


Born February 22, 1972 in East Berlin, Germany


German Speed Skater


Claudia is the first woman Winter Olympian to win medals in five consecutive Olympics (1992-2006).


Pechstein won the gold medal in the 5,000 meter race in three consecutive Winter Olympics from 1994-2002.

Pechstein has won a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver and two bronze.


Claudia has won the World Championships six times, twice in the 5000 meter, twice in the 3000 meter, once in the 1500 meter and one Allround championship.

At the 2012 World Championships at Heerenveen, Switzerland, Pechstein won the Bronze medal in the 5000 meter.


Claudia has also won gold medals at the European Championships in 1998, 2006 and 2009.


Pechstein was banned for two years in 2009 for blood doping and returned to competition in February, 2011.

Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet is Thursday's Most Beautiful Women in Sports Pick

CrossFit competitor Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet is this Thursday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet


Lives in Richelieu, Quebec, Canada


CrossFit Competitor


In 2010 Camille placed 1st at the East Canada Sectional and 4th at the Canada Regional.


At the 2010 CrossFit Games Finals Bazinet finished 9th overall with her best result coming in the Muscle-up/Squat Snatch where she placed 2nd.


At the 2012 Crossfit Games Camille is placed 2nd in the Canada East Region after taking first in Event 1,2 and 4 second in events 5 and 6 and fourth in event 3.

Camille is also a member of team CrossFit Brossard which finished 4th in the Canada East Region in 2012.


LeBlanc-Bazinet has been participating in Cross-Fit four years, completed the CrossFit Level 1 and has a twin sister that she works out with.

Nevin Yanit is Wednesday's Choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Nevin Yanit is this Wednesday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Nevin Yanit


Born February 16, 1986 in Mersin, Turkey


Turkish sprinter and hurdler

In 2007 Nevin won her first gold medal at the European U23 Championships in Debrecen, Hungary in the 100m hurdles.  Yanit also placed 2nd in the 100m hurdles at Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.  At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan Nevin placed 12th.


Nevin won two more gold medals in 2009, one at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and one at the Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia.  Both gold medals came in the 100 meter hurdles.

Yanit won another gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Berlin Germany with a time of 12.63 in the 100m hurdles while setting a national record.


At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Nevin ran in the semi-finals in the 100m hurdles which is an achievement no other Turkish athletes had ever done in short-distance track event at the Olympics.

Petra Niemann is Today's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

German sailor Petra Niemann is today's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Petra Niemann


Born August 14, 1978 in Berlin


German Sailor

Petra won her first German championship title in 1998 in the Europe dinghy.


In Petra's first Olympic games competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Petra finished 13th overall in Women's One Person Dinghy.


At the 2004 Summer Olympics Niemann finished 10th in the Women's One Person Dinghy. 

Petra along with 3 other German women Olympic athletes posed nude for Playboy magazine in 2008.  Niemann finished 15th in Beijing but who cares, we were all looking at Playboy!


In 2007 Niemann finished in third place at the World Cup. 

Golfer Beatriz Recari is Thursday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Spanish professional golfer Beatriz Recari is this Thursday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Beatriz Recari Eransus


Born April 21, 1987 in Pamplona, Spain


Professional Golfer on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

In 2005 Beatriz qualified for the Ladies European Tour and turned professional at 18 years old for the 2006 season.


Recari won her first professional tournament at the 2009 Finnair Masters at Helsinki, Finland. 


In December 2009 Beatriz tied for ninth at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament and earned her LPGA Tour card.


Beatriz won her first LPGA Tournament at the CVS/Pharmacy LPGA Challenge in northern California in October of 2010.


Recari is currently ranked #75 on the LPGA Tour.


For more pictures of Beatriz visit the Golf page..

Field Hockey Player Ellen Hoog is Tuesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Dutch field hockey player Ellen Hoog is this Tuesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Ellen Hoog


Born March 26, 1986 in Bloemendaal, Netherlands


Women's field hockey player, striker, member of the first ladies team of Amsterdam.

Ellen is a member of the Dutch National Women's Team and made her debut in 2004.


In 2005 Hoog became a European Champion in Dublin, Ireland along with winning the Champions Trophy in Canberra, Australia with the Dutch National Women's team.


In 2006 Ellen was a member of the Dutch team that became world champions at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain.  

Hoog has won 5 Gold Medals playing field hockey with the Netherlands.  At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China Ellen and her Dutch teammates won the Gold Medal in Team Competition.


Ellen has been featured in FHM Magazine and has done many other photo shoots.  Hoog is also sponsored by Le Coq Sportif.


Hoog is also a sports ambassador for National Sports Week in the Netherlands.

Jelena Jankovic is Monday's Most Beautiful Women in Sports Pick

Serbian tennis start Jelena Jankovic is this Monday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Jelena Jankovic


Born February 28, 1985 in Belgrade SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia


Currently lives in Dubai UAE


Professional tennis player


Jelena has won 12 World Tennis Association titles and 1 International Tennis Association title and has a career record of 469-246.

Jankovic is currently ranked number 17 as of April 30, 2012 and her highest ranking was number 1 in August of 2008.


In April of 2012 Jelena advanced to the semi-finals at the e-Book Danish Open but lost to Angelique Kerber in two sets.


Jankovic started to play on the World Tennis Association tour in 2001 and she reached the second round at her first tournament at the Indian Wells Masters.


In December 2007 Jelena became a UNICEF Ambassador for Serbia.


For more pictures of Jelena visit the tennis page.

Guo Jingjing is Thursday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Chinese diver Guo Jingjing is Thursday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Guo Jingjing




Born October 15, 1981 in Baoding, Hebei, China




Olympic Diver




Guo has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and won the 3m springboard event five consecutive times at the World Championships.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Jingjing won two gold medals, one in the Synchro Springboard and one in the 3m Springboard.




Although Guo announced that she would retire after the 2008 Summer Olympics she participated in the 2009 World Championships in Rome where she won two more Gold Medals.

Jingjing also won Gold Medals in Synchro Springboard and 3m Springboard at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and two Silver Medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the same events.




In 2011 it was confirmed that Jingjing had decided to retire and will not compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Ashley Horner is Wednesday's pick as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Fitness competitor Ashley Horner is this Wednesday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.




Ashley Ann Horner




Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma




Currently lives in Sapulpa, Oklahoma




Fitness Competitor, Figure and Bikini Competitor




Ashley won her first figure competition at the 2008 OCB Spirit of America Bodybuilding and Figure Championships in Cap Cod Massachusetts.

In 2011 Horner Won the NPC West Coast Classic Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championship in Class D.




Ashley came in third place at the Iron Man 2012 Bodybuilding.com BodySpace Spokesmodel search competition.




Horner is currently writing columns for a few magazines which include MMA UNCAGED and UNO Magazine.




Ashley also is the mother of two sons.




For more pictures of Ashley visit the fitness page.

Blanka Vlasic is Tuesday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Blanka Vlasic is this Tuesday's pick as one of the most beautiful women in sports.  Blanka is 6'4" tall....




Blanka Vlasic




Born November 8th, 1983 in Split, Socialist Republic of Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, now Croatia.




Olympic High Jumper

Blanka's mother and father were both excellent athletes.  Her mother Venera played amateur basketball and was a cross country skier and her father Josko broke the Croatian record in the decathlon.




Vlasic won her first World Championship in 2007 jumping 2.05 m in Osaka, Japan.  Blanka also took home Gold Medals at the World Athletics Final in Stutgart, Germany and the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.

In Olympic competition Blanka finished 11th at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and earned the Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.




Two more Gold medals for Vlasic in 2010, one at the World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar and one at the European Championships in Barcelona, Spain.




In 2011 Blanka finished with the Silver Medal at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.