Every four years, people worldwide tune in to watch the summer Olympics and marvel over their favorite athletes. These world-class athletes can be any sport and in any country and even represent a variety of genders. Their skill and determination are something we all aspire to achieve after seeing them on television.
Obviously, female athletes competing in the Olympics are in great physical shape. However, not all of them are attractive, despite the fact that most of them compete at a very high level. However, many of them could easily be Hollywood actors or models!
1. Allyson Felix
| Name | Allyson Michelle Felix |
| Date of birth | November 18, 1985 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Allyson Michelle Felix was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 18, 1985. She competed in the 200 meters between 2003 and 2013, then slowly switched to the 400 meters later in her career. In the 2012 Olympic, Felix won the 200 meters gold medal. Moreover, she is also a three-time world champion from 2005 to 2009, a 2011 world bronze medalist and the two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004 and 2008).
2. Georganne Moline
| Name | Georganne Rochelle Moline |
| Date of birth | March 6, 1990 |
| Place of birth | Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Hurdler |
Georganne Rochelle Moline was born on March 6, 1990, in Missoula, Montana. She is a hurdler who competes in the 400 meters hurdles and 400 meters in 2012, Moline got a spot in the Summer Olympics in the 400 meter hurdles.
At the trials of the U.S. team for the 2012 Olympic, she placed second in 400m hurdles with a time of 54.33 to secure a spot in the Olympic team. Moline made the Olympic team when she was 22, after completing her junior year of college.
3. Stephanie Gilmore
| Name | Stephanie Louise Gilmore |
| Date of birth | January 29, 1988 |
| Place of birth | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Professional surfer |
Stephanie Louise Gilmore was born in New South Wales, Australia, on January 29, 1988. Her life as a surfer started at age 9 when she stood on a bodyboard. Gilmore’s success on the World Qualifying Series tour qualified her for the Women’s ASP World Tour in 2007. She won 4 of the 8 events and got the 2007 World Title. She repeated her success in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018.
4. Janja Garnbret
| Name | Janja Garnbret |
| Date of birth | March 12, 1999 |
| Place of birth | Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia |
| Occupation | Rock climber and sport climber |
In 2021, Janja Garnbret became the first ever female to win an Olympic gold medal in sport climbing, and is widely considered as one of the greatest competitive climbers of all time. She is also the first ever female climber in the world to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route. At the end of 2022, Garnbret had won the most IFSC gold medals of any competitive climber in history.
5. Danusia Francis
| Name | Danusia May Francis |
| Date of birth | May 13, 1994 |
| Place of birth | Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Artistic gymnast |
Danusia May Francis was born on May 13, 1994. In February 2011, she participated in the English Championships in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. She got third place in the all around competition with a score of 52.650.
In April, Francis competed at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin, Germany. In qualifications, she placed twelfth all around with a score of 54.400 which meant that she would move on to the final.
6. Leticia Bufoni
| Name | Letícia Bufoni e Silva |
| Date of birth | April 13, 1993 |
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Professional street skateboarder |
Letícia Bufoni e Silva was born on April 13, 1993 . In 2007, she had her first X Games competition at the age of fourteen in Los Angeles.
Bufoni is a five-time X Games gold medalist. With the win at XG Shanghai 2019, she tied Elissa Steamer’s decade-old record for most gold medals in Women’s SKB Street. In total, she earned six straight medals in X Games Women’s SKB Street from 2010 to 2014 and the title at Shanghai 2019.
7. Simone Biles
| Name | Simone Arianne Biles |
| Date of birth | March 14, 1997 |
| Place of birth | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Artistic gymnast |
Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14, 1997. With seven Olympic medals, she tied with legend Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals achieved by an American gymnast. Being a 25-time World Championship medalist, she is the most decorated gymnast, and is regarded by many people to be the greatest gymnast of all time. Biles was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022 by the president of the U.S., Joe Biden.
8. Marta Fiedina
| Name | Marta Vadymivna Fiedina |
| Date of birth | February 1, 2002 |
| Place of birth | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Synchro swimmer |
Marta Vadymivna Fiedina was born on February 1, 2002. She is the winner of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Fiedina and her duet partner Anastasiya Savchuk won the first-ever Olympic medal for Ukraine in artistic swimming, scoring a total of 189.4620 in the combined technical and free routines on 4 August.
9. Paige Spiranac
| Name | Paige Renee Spiranac |
| Date of birth | March 26, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Wheat Ridge, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Former professional golfer, golf instructor, social media personality |
Paige Renee Spiranac was born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, on March 26, 1993. In May 2016. She debuted on the Cactus Tour at the Las Colinas club in Queen Creek, Arizona. In her third appearance, a sudden-death win at Scottsdale’s Orange Tree Country Club over Hannah O’Sullivan, who was then the top-ranked amateur in the world, earned Spiranac her first tour win.
10. Sydney Leroux
| Name | Sydney Rae Leroux |
| Date of birth | March 26, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Wheat Ridge, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Former professional golfer, golf instructor, social media personality |
Sydney Rae Leroux was trained through the Canadian system and played as a Canadian player at multiple youth levels, until she decided to play for the U.S. women’s national under-20 soccer team from 2008 and later started playing for the United States senior national team in 2012. She has earned more than 75 caps with the senior national team and was a member of the Americans’ champion squads at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 Women’s World Cup.
11. Ivona Dadic
| Name | Ivona Dadic |
| Date of birth | December 29, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Wels, Austria |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Ivona Dadic was born in Wels, Austria, on December 29, 1993. At 9 years old, she won her first competition. In 2008, her brother Ivan died in a car accident so she made a tattooed cross on her left hand with her brother’s name. In 2015, she was a bronze medalist at the European U23 Championships with 6033 points. A year later, Dadic won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.
12. Ivona Dadic
| Name | Ana Marcela Jesus Soares da Cunha |
| Date of birth | March 23, 1992 |
| Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Occupation | Professional swimmer |
Ana Marcela Jesus Soares da Cunha was born on March 23, 1992. She is considered as one of the greatest open water swimmers in history, being 14-time medalist in FINA World Aquatics Championships (including 7 gold medals as of 2022). Cunha has also been nominated FINA’s Female World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year six times (in 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
13. Lieke Klaver
| Name | Lieke Klaver |
| Date of birth | August 20, 1998 |
| Place of birth | Velsen, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Lieke Klaver was born on August 20, 1998. She won multiple medals as a member of the Dutch 4 × 400 meters relays. Klaver represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Olympics Tokyo.
She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, participating in the women’s 4 × 400 meters relay, and the 2020 Summer Olympics, participating in the women’s 400 meters and both women’s and mixed 4 × 400 meters relay.
14. Eugenie Bouchard
| Name | Eugenie Bouchard |
| Date of birth | February 25, 1994 |
| Place of birth | Montreal, Québec |
| Occupation | Tennis player |
Eugenie Bouchard was born on February 25, 1994, in Montreal, Québec. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first ever Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final match of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. Bouchard reached the semifinals of the 2014 French Open and 2014 Australian Open. At the end of the 2013 WTA Tour, she was awarded WTA Newcomer of the Year.
15. Shelina Zadorsky
| Name | Shelina Laura Zadorsky |
| Date of birth | October 24, 1992 |
| Place of birth | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Professional soccer player |
Shelina Laura Zadorsky was born on October 24, 1992, in London, Ontario, Canada. She plays as a center-back for FA Women’s Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Canada national team. She previously played for Perth Glory, an Australian W-League club and Vittsjö GIK, a Swedish top-division club.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zadorsky won a bronze medal with Canada and she won a gold medal with Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
16. Snezana Rodic
| Name | Snezana Rodic |
| Date of birth | August 19, 1982 |
| Place of birth | Slovenia |
| Occupation | Triple jumper |
Snezana Rodic who was born on August 19, 1982, is a Slovenian triple jumper. She won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships, gold medals at European Indoor Championships in 2004, 2005, and 2006, silver medals at 2007 European Indoor Championships and 2009 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships. She qualified for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, but she was unfortunately forced to withdraw from both competitions due to injury.
17. Alex Morgan
| Name | Alexandra Patricia Carrasco |
| Date of birth | July 2, 1989 |
| Place of birth | San Dimas, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional soccer player |
Alexandra Patricia Carrasco is an American professional soccer player. She finished 2012 with 28 goals, 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm club as the only American woman player to score 20 goals and provide 20 assists in the same calendar year. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan helped the U.S. win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cups, in which she was included in the Dream Team for both tournaments, while winning the Silver Boot in 2019.
18. Yuliya Efimova
| Name | Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova |
| Date of birth | April 3, 1992 |
| Place of birth | Grozny, Chechen Republic |
| Occupation | Competitive swimmer |
Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova was born on April 3, 1992. After making her Olympic first appearance in 2008, she went on to get the bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke in 2012, and silver medals in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke in 2016. She is a six-time World Champion, including the 50 meter breaststroke in 2009 and 2013, the 100 meter breaststroke in 2015, and the 200 meter breaststroke in 2013, 2017, and 2019. In 2019, Yefimova became the first female athlete to win the 200 meter breaststroke at a FINA World Aquatics Championships 3 times.
19. Skylar Diggins
| Name | Skylar Diggins-Smith |
| Date of birth | August 2, 1990 |
| Place of birth | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
Skylar Diggins-Smith was born on August 2, 1990. In 2013, she was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock. In high school, Diggins achieved many titles including the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and the National Gatorade Player of the Year. She played point guard for Notre Dame, where she led her team to 3 consecutive Final Fours and 2 consecutive NCAA championship participations. She finished her Notre Dame career leading in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top PG in the nation.
20. Ivet Lalova
| Name | Ivet Miroslavova Lalova |
| Date of birth | May 18, 1984 |
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Ivet Miroslavova Lalova was born on May 18, 1984. She is the 13th-fastest female athlete in the history of the 100 meters. She finished fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for 2 years from June 2005 to May 2007 due to a leg injury after a collision with another athlete. In June 2012 she won a gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in the Women’s 100 meters.
21. Fatima Diame
| Name | Fátima Diame Diame |
| Date of birth | September 22, 1996 |
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain |
| Occupation | Long and triple jumper |
Fátima Diame Diame was born on September 22, 1996. In 2013, she made her professional first appearance at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk. She won a bronze medal in Long jump in 2015 at the European Junior Championships which took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
In 2018, she followed up her success in Sweden by winning a gold medal at the Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships jumping at a record 13.82m in Jesolo, Italy.
22. Yuliya Levchenko
| Name | Yuliya Levchenko |
| Date of birth | November 28, 1997 |
| Place of birth | Artemivsk, Ukraine |
| Occupation | High jumper |
Yuliya Levchenko who was born on November 28, 1997, is a Ukrainian high jumper. She participated in the 2016 Olympic Games and could not reach the final. She won a gold medal at the European U23 Championships and a silver medal at the World Championships in 2017. Levchenko was ranked 2nd in the world for the 2017 season because of success in the year. Also in 2017, she was awarded the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year.
23. Sally Fitzgibbons
| Name | Sally Jayne Fitzgibbons |
| Date of birth | December 19, 1990 |
| Place of birth | Gerroa, Australia |
| Occupation | Professional surfer |
Sally Jayne Fitzgibbons was born on December 19, 1990. At age 14, she won the ASP Pro Junior open, an event open to any female surfer aged 21 and younger. She began surfing at a young age, winning the Icon All-Girls Open Event Lennox Head when she was 16. She represented her State and Australia on many occasions in many sports, including athletics, winning gold medal at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 800m and 1500m, soccer, surfing, touch football and cross-country running while stuyding in Kiama High School.
24. Michelle Jenneke
| Name | Michelle Jenneke |
| Date of birth | June 23, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Hurdler, model |
Michelle Jenneke was born on June 23, 1993. In August 2017, she participated in her second World Championships and advanced to the semi-finals, finishing in 7th with a time of 13.250. She would have required a near personal best to reach the final as the second qualifying time in her semi was 12.85. In the BBC’s montage of events on the games’ final evening Jenneke and her warm up jig was featured.
25. Antonija Sandric
| Name | Antonija Misura |
| Date of birth | May 19, 1988 |
| Place of birth | Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
Antonija Misura was born on May 19, 1988. She is a basketball player for the CCC Polkowice club of the Basket Liga Kobiet and also the Croatia national team.
Sandrić has represented her country as a mber of the national team in the 2009 Mediterranean Games, 2012 Olympics and EuroBasket Women 2011 and 2013. Misura plays as a point guard and shooting guard, and is famous for her quick, aggressive style of play.
26. Yelena Isinbayeva
| Name | Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva |
| Date of birth | June 3, 1982 |
| Place of birth | Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Former pole vaulter |
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva was born on June 3, 1982. She is a a three-time World Champion in 2005, 2007 and 2013, two-time Olympic gold medalist in 2004 and 2008, the current world record holder in the event, and is widely regarded the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time. Unfortunately, Isinbayeva was banned from the 2016 Rio Olympics after revelations of an extensive state-sponsored doping program in Russia, thus vanishing her hopes of a grand retirement winning the Olympic gold medal.
27. Sloane Stephens
| Name | Sloane Stephens |
| Date of birth | March 20, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Plantation, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional tennis player |
Sloane Stephens is an American professional tennis player. In the middle of 2017, she recovered from injury and won the US Open singles title in her fifth tournament appearance. She was also named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for her successful season. She continued her success in 2018 by winning her first Premier Mandatory title at the Miami Open, participating in second Grand Slam singles final at the French Open, entering the top 10 for the first time, and finishing runner-up at the WTA Finals.
28. Darya Klishina
| Name | Darya Igorevna Klishina |
| Date of birth | January 15, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Tver, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Long jumper |
In 2016, Darya Igorevna Klishina was approved to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics through special permission granted by the IAAF. The IAAF had banned the Russian national federation from attending due to breach of anti-doping rules, and she was the only member of the athletics team who was allowed to participate. This decision was initially reversed on August 13, 2016. Klishina immediately appealed the decision, telling that she was “a clean athlete and has proved that already many times and beyond any doubt.”
29. Rachel Daley
| Name | Rachel Ann Daly |
| Date of birth | December 6, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Harrogate, England |
| Occupation | Professional footballer |
Rachel Ann Daly was named Player of the Week in week 9, as well as Player of the Month in May, in the 2018 season. Daly started all 24 games for her club and scored a career high 10 goals. Daley was voted team MVP and appeared in the NWSL Second XI for the 2018 season.
She was named captain of the team ahead of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. The Dash won the Cup, their first trophy, after a 2–0 win over the Chicago Red Stars in the final. Daly won the tournament Golden Boot and was named tournament MVP on 25 July 2020.
30. Kosovare Asllani
| Name | Kosovare Asllani |
| Date of birth | July 29, 1989 |
| Place of birth | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Occupation | Professional footballer |
Kosovare Asllani Rachel Ann Daly is a Swedish professional footballer. She plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Italian first division Serie A club AC Milan and the Sweden national team. Nicknamed “Kosse”, Asllani is noted for her great speed and technique style of play.
Asllani started her club career with Vimmerby IF and has played in the Damallsvenskan for Linköpings FC and hometown club Kristianstads DFF.
31. Anastasia Ashley
| Name | Anastasia Electra Ashley |
| Date of birth | February 10, 1989 |
| Place of birth | San Clemente, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional surfer, model |
Anastasia Electra Ashley is a professional surfer who was born on February 10, 1987, in San Clemente, California. She started surfing at the age of 5 right before relocating to Hawaii. At the age of six, she won a surf contest using a run-down board which was found in a trash can outside of her house. By the age of 7, Ashley picked up a sponsor to replace her run-down board with new ones.
32. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
| Name | Maryna Oleksandrivna Bekh-Romanchuk |
| Date of birth | July 18, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Moroziv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Long and triple jumper |
Maryna Oleksandrivna Bekh-Romanchuk is a Ukrainian long and triple jumper. In her career, she finished fifth at the 2011 World Youth Championships, eighth at the 2012 World Junior Championships, ninth at the 2014 World Junior Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She also won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships. She participated in the 2013 World Championships but could not reaching the final.
33. Cheyenne Woods
| Name | Cheyenne Nicole Woods |
| Date of birth | July 25, 1990 |
| Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional golfer |
Cheyenne Nicole Woods is an American professional golfer. In December 2014, she finished T-11th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, therefore earning Category 12 membership entitling her to participate in most full-field events apart from the more prestigious events. In the 2015 season, Woods made only 8 cuts and had to go through qualifying again. By finishing T-13th in the Final Qualifying Tournament, she got her LPGA tour card for 2016.
34. Elena Delle Donne
| Name | Elena Delle Donne |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1989 |
| Place of birth | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
Elena Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens between 2009 and 2013. In the 2013 WNBA draft, she was drafted by the Chicago Sky with the second overall pick, and led her team to the 2014 WNBA Finals, in which they were defeated by the Phoenix Mercury.
Delle Donne has won two WNBA MVP Awards in 2015 and 2019. She has also been selected to 6 All-Star teams, and was the first WNBA player to join the 50–40–90 club. In 2021, Donne was named to The W25, which is the league’s list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years.
35. Voula Papachristou
| Name | Paraskevi Papachristou |
| Date of birth | April 17, 1989 |
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Triple and long jumper |
Paraskevi Papachristou was born April 17, 1989. She is a two-time gold medalist of the European Athletics U23 Championships, and finished third place at the 2016 World indoor Championships. She was banned from the Greek team for the 2012 London Olympics by the Greek Olympic Committee after making a racist comment online. At the 2016 Summer Olympics’ final in Rio de Janeiro, she finished 8th place. She was the 2018 European Champion in Berlin with a jump of 14,60 meters.
36. Camila Giorgi
| Name | Camila Giorgi |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Macerata, Italy |
| Occupation | Professional tennis player |
Camila Giorgi who was born on December 30, 1991, is an Italian professional tennis player. After winning her first ITF title in 2009, she had her Grand Slam main-draw first appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Giorgi advanced to the 4th round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in just her 2nd appearance at the tournament. After her successful run at the championships, she made her first top-100 appearance in the WTA rankings.
37. Morgan Mitchell
| Name | Morgan Mitchell |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Macerata, Italy |
| Occupation | Professional tennis player |
Morgan Mitchell was born on December 30, 1991. She competed in the 4 × 400 meters relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, but could not advance to the final. She represented Australia in the Women’s 400m and Women’s 4 × 400 m Relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her personal record in the 400 meters is 51.25 seconds set in Birmingham in 2016.
In 2019, Mitchell changed focus to the 800 meters, rapidly improving to her current personal record of 2:00.06.
38. Genzebe Dibaba
| Name | Genzebe Dibaba Keneni |
| Date of birth | February 8, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Chefe, Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia |
| Occupation | Middle and long-distance runner |
Genzebe Dibaba Keneni is an Ethiopain middle and long-distance runner. She won a silver medal in 1500 meters relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and won a gold medal in this event and a bronze medal in the 5000 meters at the 2015 World Championships. Genzebe is also the current world record holder for the 1500 meters, and the indoor events of the one mile, 3000 and 5000 meters.
39. Winifer Fernandez
| Name | Winifer María Fernández Pérez |
| Date of birth | January 6, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic |
| Occupation | Volleyball player |
Winifer María Fernández Pérez is a volleyball player, who was born on January 6, 1995. She won the NORCECA U18 continental championship Best Libero, Receiver and Digger awards in 2010, repeating these awards in the NORCECA U20 Championship in 2012, this time with a gold medal and the MVP award. In 2012, Pérez also won the U23 Pan-American Cup gold medal just before starting with the senior national team in the FIVB World Grand Prix in the same year.
40. Alysha Newman
| Name | Alysha Eveline Newman |
| Date of birth | June 29, 1994 |
| Place of birth | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Alysha Eveline Newman who was born on June 29, 1994, is a Canadian track and field athlete. She participated in the pole vault event at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, winning the bronze medal. The 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) vault ranked her 4th in the world in women’s pole vault at that time.
She officially got a spot in Canada’s Olympic team. Competing in the Olympics, Newman only vaulted 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) in the qualification round and missed the finals.
41. Christen Press
| Name | Christen Annemarie Press |
| Date of birth | December 29, 1988 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Soccer player |
Christen Annemarie Press is an American soccer player. In 2010, she received the Hermann Trophy. She also holds the all-time scoring and assists records at Stanford Cardinal. After her collegiate career, Press was picked 4th overall by the Washington Freedom in the 2011 WPS Draft, in which she was named WPS Rookie of the Year. In 2013, she was the Damallsvenskan’s top scorer with 23 goals scored for Tyresö FF and became the first American to receive the Golden Boot award in the history of the league.
42. Lolo Jones
| Name | Lori Susan Jones |
| Date of birth | August 5, 1982 |
| Place of birth | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Hurdler and bobsledder |
Lori Susan Jones is an American hurdler and bobsledder. She won 3 NCAA titles and received 11 All-American honors while attending Louisiana State University. She won many indoor national titles in 2007, 2008, and 2009 in the 60-meter hurdles, with gold medals at the World Indoor Championship in 2008 and 2010. In bobsled, she is the champion of the 2021 IBSF World Championships as the brakewoman for Kaillie Humphries.
43. Valentina Acosta Giraldo
| Name | Valentina Acosta Giraldo |
| Date of birth | April 19, 2000 |
| Place of birth | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Archer |
Valentina Acosta Giraldo who was born on April 19, 2000, is a Colombian archer. After deciding her archery path, she joined the national team and was trained by professional coaches. She went through a lot of work and training for her achievements and participated in various Pan American games and also appeared in the Olympics. She also won various national and international gold and silver medals.
44. Eileen Gu
| Name | Eileen Feng Gu |
| Date of birth | September 3, 2003 |
| Place of birth | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Freestyle skier |
Eileen Feng Gu who was born on September 3, 2003, is an American freestyle skier. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest skier winning gold medal in freestyle skiing, winning the big air competition, the first to be held at the Olympics. Gu landed a double cork 1620 on her first attempt in the event. She was the 2nd woman to land the trick and the 1st woman to land a left-turn 1620.
45. Zehra Gunes
| Name | Zehra Gunes |
| Date of birth | July 7, 1999 |
| Place of birth | Kartal, İstanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation | Volleyball player |
Zehra Gunes is a Turkish volleyball player. In the 2016–2017 Turkish Women’s Volleyball League season, she was loaned out to Beşiktaş J.K., another women’s volleyball team and returned to her home club in the next season. She got her first league champion title in the 2017–2018 season with Vakıfbank Istanbul. She was named the “Vestel Special Prize” of the 2017–2018 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.
46. Georgia Ellenwood
| Name | Georgia Lorraine Ellenwood |
| Date of birth | August 5, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Georgia Lorraine Ellenwood is a Canadian track and field athlete. She represented Canada at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, finishing 10th, and also represented her country at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She is an eight-time NCAA Division I All-American and was awared 2018 Big Ten Conference Field athlete of the year after making a new personal best and a Wisconsin Badgers school record.
47. Daria Bilodid
| Name | Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid |
| Date of birth | October 10, 2000 |
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Judoka |
Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid won her first world title and set the record for becoming the youngest ever judoka to be world champion at the age of seventeen. The opponents that were defeated by Bilodid included: the former Olympic and world bronze medalist, Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg; former Olympic champion and world champion, Paula Pareto in the semi-finals; and in the finals, Paris Grand Slam finalist, Funa Tonaki, winning gold at the World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2018.
48. Jessica Springsteen
| Name | Jessica Rae Springsteen |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Equestrian |
American equestrian Jessica Rae Springsteen was born in Los Angeles, California, on December 30, 1991, to musicians Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen. She is a show jumping champion rider representing the United States Equestrian Team in international competition and won a silver medal in the Team jumping at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was held in 2021 in Tokyo.
49. Alica Schmidt
| Name | Alica Schmidt |
| Date of birth | November 8, 1998 |
| Place of birth | Worms, Germany |
| Occupation | Runner |
Alica Schmidt is a German runner. She started competing in the 200, 400, and 800 meters running events. In 2018, she began competing in 400 meters hurdles events.
In 2017, Schmidt came 2nd in the 200 meters event at the under-20s German Championship. In the same year, she was part of the German 4 × 400 meters relay team that finished second, alongside Vanessa Aniteye, Meike Gerlach and Corinna Schwab, at the European Athletics U20 Championships.
50. Jutta Leerdam
| Name | Jutta Leerdam |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1998 |
| Place of birth | ‘s-Gravenzande, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Speed skater |
Jutta Leerdam is a Dutch speed skater. She won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in 2017, in Helsinki, Finland. The year after, at the 2018 Championships in Salt Lake City, United States, Leerdam finished 2nd behind compatriot Joy Beune.
During the 2017–2018 season, she won the ISU Junior World Cup competition in the 1000 and 1500 meters events. After that, she also became the Dutch junior sprint champion.