Holly Sonders (35) - Ohio
Holly Sonders started her career playing college golf and played professionally, but that's not all she's done. She has also worked as a reporter and a sportscaster. And now, she's keeping up with the times as an Instagram influencer. She has also starred in shows like "Morning Drive" and "School of Golf."
Her sportscasting career has been successful, and her days as an influencer today are also working in her favor, with 662K followers. In 2022, she was in the news because her boyfriend Oscar De La Hoya gifted her a Ferrari.
Alex Morgan (32) - California
European soccer and American soccer are two very different things. The Europeans call it football, and it's more well-known globally. However, one exception is the American player, Alex Morgan. She is a professional soccer payer hailing from California and is one of the country's biggest stars of the sport.
Morgan plays as a center-forward and has won every collective and individual award in the game. She has served as the American soccer team captain as of 2022. She is also known beyond the sport, and in 2019, she was listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.
Alica Schmidt (23) - Germany
Alica Schmidt is a track and field runner from Germany who participated in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She may be young, but she's already attained so much in the sport. She is also known for her looks and is considered by many, including The Sun newspaper, to be among the world's prettiest athletes.
No wonder she has done endorsements with top brands and has a brand sponsorship with Puma. She is also quite known on social media and has around 1.5 million followers on Instagram. She even put up her own YouTube channel with 33K subscribers.
Lucy Robson (27) - London, England
Lucy Robson is a junior golfer, but she is also what you may call an 'Instagram Influencer.' She has around one million followers on the social media app and shares her pictures and golf skills with her fans. Due to her following, she has worked with brands like Fashion Nova and Bang Energy.
In 2012 and 2013, Robson was awarded the Treasure Coast Golf Association Player of the Year Award. The athlete from London continues to wow her fans with her skills via her social media account as of 2022.
Silje Norendal (28) - Kongsberg, Norway
Silje Norendal is a Norwegian snowboarder who has won many competitions in her life. She has four gold medals in two different X-Games competitions and is one of the most successful snowboarders of her time.
Norendal won silver and bronze in the World Championships, and in the 2018 Olympics, she missed her medal by a few seconds, finishing in fourth place. She is an inspiration to many but hasn't been as active in the sport lately, and the reason could be her newborn that she welcomed in 2021 with her partner, hockey coach Alexander Bonsaksen.
Robin Bone (28) - Darien, Conn
Robin Bone is a Canadian pole vaulter who has achieved a lot in her career. She may not be the most well-known sportsperson out there, but she made it to the Olympics and managed to compete with good results.
Bone is also involved in other activities that keep her connected to her fans, and in 2020, she joined TikTok and has a loyal fan base on Instagram. As of 2022, the beautiful and fit athlete is focusing on her training and competitions while also taking some time off to recover.
Michelle Jenneke (28) - Kenthurst, Australia
The first thing most folks would notice about Michelle Jenneke is her gorgeous looks, and not many would assume that she won a silver medal at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2010. In 2012, the Australian hurdler and model became a viral sensation due to a video of her warm-up dance.
The Aussie athlete took the Internet by storm and became instantly popular, which also helped her sport. As of 2022, apart from modeling and hurdling, she is also an engineering graduate. According to her Instagram profile, this New South Wales beauty took up mechatronics.
Eugenie Bouchard (28) - Montreal, Canada
Eugenie Bouchard started playing tennis when she was just five years old and has since worked her way to the top and became the first Canadian woman to reach the top five of the world's ranking. The Montreal-born player is one of the most impressive female athletes in the game.
Bouchard has come a long way from receiving the 2014 season's WTA Most Improved Player award. In 2021, she joined the New Balance Team and returned to the sport to participate in the WTA despite an unavoidable break. She has made over $6 million in cash prizes and continues to wow everyone with her skills.
Maria Sharapova (34) - Russia
Even if you're not a sports fan, you must have heard of Maria Sharapova. The tennis player is one of the most successful players globally and became a pro when she was just 17 years old. She has been in the spotlight for many years and became a five-time World No.1 player.
Sharapova retired in 2020, soon after she hit 30 despite a fantastic career. The Russian beauty still has many fans and followers on social media. She was also seen in a few documentaries like the 2017 "Maria Sharapova: The Point." In 2022, she opted to help out kids suffering from the war in Ukraine by donating.
Lindsey Vonn (37) - Minnesota
Just because Alpine ski racing is a popular sport in Scandinavia doesn't mean Americans can't play. Lindsey Vonn is an Olympic gold medalist who has played for the American team and has won four World Cup championships.
She kicked off her sporting career when she was a teenager and has become the second-highest super ranking of all skiers. She retired in 2019 after winning almost every award possible and breaking every record. She also tried other avenues and released written works. In 2022, she went on a reading tour for her biography, "Rise."
Caroline Wozniacki (31) - Odense, Denmark
Caroline Wozniacki became the first Scandinavian woman to be named the number one in the world in tennis. She retired in 2020 but is remembered as the fifth-best female tennis player of all time. Wozniacki has achieved a lot of fame and success in her career, even ranking world No. 1 in singles for an impressive 71 weeks.
While she may be away from the court, Wozniacki is still making appearances, and in 2022, she can be seen at a tennis-related event in Dubai. The former pro tennis player has been married to David Lee since 2019.
Danica Patrick (39) - Wisconsin
Danica Patrick is a race driver who made history as the only woman ever to win an IndyCar Series race. She is among of the most successful women in American open-wheel racing, and due to her success, she has garnered many endorsements from various brands.
Patrick is also a great businesswoman and runs her own business of clothing and wine. The sportswoman has about 818K followers on Instagram interested in her life. In 2022, she made headlines for her breakup with her ex-beau, Carter Comstock, after almost a year of dating.
Antonija Sandrić (33) - Croatia
When we talk about female basketball in Croatia, Antonija Sandrić is the face we picture. She is one of the most successful players in the country and represents Croatia's national team, playing for many European clubs such as Toulouse Métropole Basket in France.
Sandrić is also regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the sport, and according to Nate Robinson, she is the most captivating female basketballer ever to lace up some sneakers. She won't be seen playing ball much lately as she welcomed her second child in 2022.
Anna Kournikova (40) - Moscow, Russia
Anna Kournikova is not only remembered as a successful tennis player, but a lot of her fame is thanks to her career as a reality TV personality. At one point in her life, Kournikova was once one of the most-searched names on Google and is number eight on the world ranking.
She is also known for her looks, and she caught the eye of Latin music sensation Enrique Iglesias who she married in 2001. They now have three children together and welcomed their third in 2020. She has also retired from the sport.
Blair O'Neal (40) - Illinois
Most women take a break from work when pregnant, especially if their job is sports-related, not Blair O'Neal. The golfer competed at the 2020 LPGA and gave her best six months into her gestation. She is very much committed to her sport and has over a million dollars in cash prizes.
Due to her looks, she has been offered many modeling gigs and became a household name after she starred in the show "Big Break: Prince Edward Island." O'Neal welcomed her child in 2020 and took some time off from playing golf. She's still with her husband, Jeff Keiser, as of 2022.
Chloe Kim (21) - California
Many of us can probably remember the year 2000, but Chloe Kim, who was born then, is an adult now and already has an Olympic gold medal to her name. She has become the youngest female snowboarder ever to win that award with her 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic win.
It's easy to let success get to your head, especially at such a young age, but the California-born athlete stays focused on her sport. Her hard work has paid off, and she has proved herself time and time again, bagging another golden medallion in 2022.
Ellen Hoog (35) - Netherlands
Field hockey player Ellen Hoog comes from a small Dutch town in the Netherlands. However, she managed to make a name for herself on the international stage and won two gold medals at the Olympics in a short amount of time.
The former prom queen has played for the national team over 230 times. No wonder, she is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation! She might not be seen much playing these days. As of 2022, she announced her second pregnancy and welcomed her first daughter in 2019.
Ronda Rousey (35) - California
Even if you're not a fan of professional wrestling, we're sure you've heard of Ronda Rousey. Rousey may be famous for her wrestling skills, but she is also famous for her controversial opinions. She is also an actress and was seen in films like "Furious 7" and "Mile 22."
Another thing people are in awe of is that she fought ten men in a bar fight. With her $12 million fortune, she was the only woman among the top 20 richest MMA fighters as of 2022. She can be seen in WWE SmackDown.
Ali Krieger (37) - Virginia
Ali Kreiger has had a remarkable career as a professional soccer player. She has received the World cup trophy two times and has won over a hundred games. The Virginia native has also played for international teams like the German team FFC Frankfurt and won a UEFA Women's Cup.
Kreiger's other passions include philanthropy, and she has a heart that just wants to help. She is focused on many important charitable organizations, and the NY/NJ Gotham FC player was added to the list of Penn State's most influential alumni list in 2022.
Hope Solo (40) - Washington
Hope Solo has achieved a lot in her career as a goalkeeper for the United States National team. She bagged an Olympic gold medal twice and has also won the World Cup. Solo has been playing professionally since 2000 but has since retired in 2016.
She shared her talents with the United States national team in over 200 games. In 2022, Solo made headlines for fighting with her management and criticizing the United States national team's equal pay settlement. After quitting professional soccer in 2016, she worked as a pundit in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Aly Raisman (27) - Massachusetts
Aly Raisman was a mere two-year-old when she started gymnastic training and started professionally soon after. She has had a very fruitful career as a gymnast and has won three Olympic gold medals. She has competed in various tournaments, including the Olympics, FIG World Cup, and World Championships.
Raisman has also had a career in modeling and has graced the runway for many brands. While she may be known for her sport, her looks also leave an impression, and in 2022, she shared a gorgeous picture of her beach vacation on social media.
Paige VanZant (27) - Oregon
Paige VanZant is a multi-talented sportswoman who is also a mixed martial artist that does modeling. Of course, since the bare-knuckle boxer is so beautiful, it makes sense for her to diversify her career. She is also quite smart and has published "Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life" in 2018.
In 2021, her first professional TV wrestling appearance was featured on AEW Dynamite. Her career seems to be on an all-time high, and in 2020, she signed a contract that restricted her to only fight in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
Michelle Waterson (36) - Colorado
Michelle Waterson has risen to the ranks in the UFC women's straw-weight rankings as number eight by 2021. She is a woman of many talents and is skilled in Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, Wushu, boxing, wrestling, and karate.
Before finding her true calling in the ring, Waterson also tried her luck down the runway, modeling for some time, although fighting was where her heart was at. She has also dabbled in acting, and in 2022, she can be seen in the film "Havoc." Waterson is a mother of one with her husband, Joshua Gomez.
Camila Giorgi (30) - Italy
Camila Giorgi is among the most beautiful athletes in her sport of choice. The Italian tennis player may be remembered for her looks but what she is known for are her exceptional skills. Her training started at the age of five, and all of it paid off.
She has even beat tennis legends like Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki and made an estimated total cash prize of $3.7 million. In 2022, she was seen at the Tennis Championships held in Dubai. She was also the number one tennis player in Italy in 2022.
Jennie Finch (41) - California
Jennie Finch is among the most famous softball players of her time but retired from the sport in 2010. She left the world of softball to focus on her family but has taken up other opportunities like working as a color commentator on the sports channel ESPN.
In the 2004 Olympics, Finch was the pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats and helped the United States team to win gold. She also made history as the first-ever woman to coach a professional baseball team in 2016. She was featured on the baseball video game “MLB The Show 21” in 2021.
Stephanie Rice (33) - Australia
Stephanie Rice hails from the land down under and has made her home country quite proud in the 2008 Summer Olympics as she won three medals. She has made a name for herself as a swimmer but retired in 2014. She was even graced with Australia's highest honor, the Medal of the Order of Australia.
She also has achievements on land and won the third season of "The Celebrity Apprentice Australia." She was Australia's Channel 7 commentator for the Tokyo Games. She has been struggling after retirement due to a few issues, and in 2022, she opened up about that.
McKayla Maroney (26) - California
While McKayla Maroney is one of the most successful gymnasts in the United States. The former artistic gymnast won gold at the Olympics, and her "I'm not impressed" expression after winning the Olympics went viral, putting her on meme status. Maroney's face was everywhere in 2016, and even after years, she's still remembered for it.
Since her big win, she has done an endorsement for Adidas and has been on the judging seat of a Miss America pageant. In 2020, she released her single, "Wake Up Call." As of 2022, she has 1.4 million followers on Instagram.
Gabby Douglas (26) - Virginia
Gabby Douglas is an artistic gymnast who made history as the first African-American woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in the individual all-around category. She has seen a lot of success in her career and has three gold-medal wins at the Olympics to her name.
Douglas may be a successful athlete, but she is also known for her striking looks. She is pretty intelligent, too, dabbling into writing. In 2022, she's focusing on other aspects of her life, like her advocacy work and acting. She was also seen on “The Masked Dancer.”
Lauren Sesselmann (38) - Wisconsin
Lauren Sesselmann is a soccer player who has succeeded due to her mindset regarding her sport, seeing it as fun instead of work. She played for the Canadian national team as a forward before making the switch to defense. Alongside the national team, she has played for numerous clubs, including F.C. Kansas City.
Sesselmann even won bronze for the Canadian national team at the Olympics in 2012. Due to her good looks, she also dabbled in acting, and she was seen in the 2019 film "The Creatress." Her Instagram has 119K followers in 2022.
Serena Williams (40) - Michigan
You don't have to be a tennis fan to know the name of Serena Williams. She is considered among the most successful players of all time and started her career at six. It's all due to the hard work of her father, who trained her.
Williams has constantly been in the limelight and has endorsed many brands, including Nike. She has won four Olympic gold medals and was once ranked number 1 in the WTA rankings. She has been a part of a few films and documentaries, and in 2021, she was seen in "King Richard."
Hilary Knight (32) - California
Hilary Knight is an expert in ice hockey and plays professionally. She started training from a young age and became the finest athlete of her time. She even won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2018 and won seven Women's World Championships with United States' national ice hockey team.
Knight is also known for her gorgeous looks and has also done endorsements for many brands, having sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike and Red Bull. She is still playing, and in 2022, she made her way to the Beijing Olympics.
Misty May-Treanor (44) - California
Misty May-Treanor is a former beach volleyball player who has had one of the most successful careers in the sport. She always aimed for the top and has three Olympic gold medals that she won consecutively. She also won three World Championships victories.
After the London Olympics, May-Treanor retired in 2012, but her name is one to be remembered. She later joined the AVP Beach Volleyball Tour, and in 2016, she was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. The former athlete is still married to her husband Matt Treanor in 2022, and they have a child named Malia Barbara Treanor.
Natalie Gulbis (39) - California
Pro golfer Natalie Gulbis entered her first tournament at the age of seven and has since only risen to the top. She has been quite successful in her career and has over $4 million in cash prizes and four professional wins.
Aside from golfing, Gulbis has also tried her luck in politics. During the era of Donald Trump, she was appointed as a member of the council on sports, wellness, and nutrition. In 2020, Gulbis retired after the LPGA Tour after 19 years as a pro golfer. Her husband of nine years as of 2022, Josh Rodarmel, is still with her today.
Allison Stokke (33) - California
Pole vaulter Allison Stokke has broken multiple records at the high school level, and that is when her professional career began. She found a lot of success, and due to that, she got many brand endorsements, including a deal with Nike.
This was the beginning of her career in modeling, and it proved to be great for her because Stokke had the looks. Aside from pole vaulting and modeling, she also has an interest in golf, and in 2019, she married pro golfer Rickie Fowler and welcomed their daughter in 2021.
Jennifer Lacy (39) - New York
Jennifer Lacy is the daughter of a famous baseball player, the former MLB professional Lee Lacy. However, she was more interested in hoops and started playing basketball professionally when she was in college. She started playing for the Pepperdine Waves and then the Phoenix Mercury.
She joined the WNBA in 2006, and only one year later, she landed her first WNBA champion award. She inherited her father’s sportsmanship, and in 2014 she was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame, her former institute. The New York-born athlete has not been seen around much lately.
Lolo Jones (39) - Iowa
Lolo Jones is an athlete who specializes in hurdling and bobsleighing, even though her looks may make you believe that she is a model. She is one of the few people to compete in the summer and winter Olympic Games and specializes in the 60- and 100-meter hurdle categories.
The Iowa-born sportswoman has had a very successful career due to winning many international games. Another thing she's also great at is runway modeling. In 2022, she wasn't chosen to join the United States bobsled team that competed in the Beijing Olympics.
Alana Blanchard (32) - Hawaii
It's no surprise that a Hawaii native is great at surfing, but Alana Blanchard is unlike any other. She grew up with the waves and surfed for a living. She has many accomplishments, and she got first place in the T&C Women's Pipeline Championships in shortboard.
Blanchard has also had a career in modeling, which makes sense considering her great looks and beachy, blonde locks. She's even a wetsuit designer, and in 2011, she was seen in a documentary about her best friend, Bethany Hamilton. She is now a mother and welcomed her second child in 2021.
Gracie Gold (26) - Massachusetts
Her name may be Gracie Gold, but the figure slater is an Olympics bronze medalist. Hailing from the United States, she is a two-time national champion and was the first American woman to win an NHK Trophy. She is known for her performances on ice to pop songs like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off."
She has made waves for her unique style of skating and incorporating new pop music with classical moves that are known in the world of professional figure slating. She was even seen in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Michelle Wie (32) - Hawaii
At the age of ten, professional golfer Michelle Wie West became qualified to play for a USGA amateur championship. These years were crucial for West, and she managed to achieve a lot, becoming the youngest golfer to qualify for an LPGA Tour event.
She began to play professionally when she turned 16, and it was then that she started doing endorsements for many brands. Due to her fantastic career, Wie managed to make a lot of cash, and in 2021, she bought a new home in Los Angeles, costing $5.7 million.
Sydney Leroux (31) - Surrey, Canada
Sydney Leroux is an American soccer player whose team, known as the Orlando Pride, entered the 2022 season. Leroux is an extremely successful player and managed to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She has achieved everything one can in the sport and has made 35 goals out of 77 for the United States national team.
Leroux also has several endorsements deals with big names like Nike and Beats by Dre. She has made it everywhere, from the United States national team to the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.