Female Athletes

Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican (born July 12, 1971)[1] is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco TV station KNTV (NBC 11) during the 2006 Winter Olympics.[2] In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth seaso…

Mao Asada is 2010 Winter Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medalist, 2008 and 2010 World Champion, four time Japanese National Champion and remains the first woman to land three triple axels in the same competition ( 2010 Olympics). credit: wikipedia i just love watching her skate

Known by many as “The Face of Women’s MMA”, Gina “Conviction” Carano has been the driving force behind the American acceptance of women in the sport of mixed martial arts. She excelled in Muay Thai competition prior to starting her career in World Extreme Fighting, where she fought and won in the first sanctioned Women’s MMA match in Nevada. Moreover, Carano is well-recognized outside of mixed martial arts, appearing in the cult film “Ring Girls,” the reality series “Fight Girls”, the hit video-game “Red Alert 3,” and perhaps most notably, competing as “Crush” on American Gladiators. Carano enjoyed a seven win-streak prior to her first loss against Cris Cyborg for the Str…

Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born October 11, 1977 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion. Wiki

Irina Tchachina (also Chashchina or Tchashchina) (Russian: ????? ??????) is an Individual rhythmic gymnast born 24 April 1982 in Omsk, Russia. She has been quoted as saying “Besides your body, you should train your mind too. Intelligence is crucial to rhythmic gymnastics." She started her sports career at the age of 6 in her home town, Omsk. The young Irina was taken to a sports school by her grandfather, a devoted amateur sportsman. The day before Irina had watched the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships on TV and was duly impressed. Her family had also insisted on taking up swimming. Thus young Irina's days were filled with music lessons, swim training and rhythmic…

Vanda Maria H?d?rean (born May 3, 1976 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who competed in international events between 1990 and 1993. She is an Olympic silver medalist[1][2] and a world bronze medalist with the team[3] and a European all around bronze medalist[4]. Vanda is also a successful fitness model and she has won various world class fitness competitions[5][6]. She is a three time Ms. Fitness World (2008, 2009 and 2010)[7][8][9] and a four time Ms. Fitness Canada (2006–2009)[10]. Vanda also coaches, trains, provides consultation services to gymnasts and fitness models under the brand name “Inspired by Vanda”[11].

Tara Lipinski remains the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Games.

Full Name: Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova Birthdate: January 30, 1995 Age: 15 Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia Hometown: Voronezh, Russia Coaches: Genadiy Borisovich Yelfimov, Ol'ga Mitrofanovna Bulgakova Choreographer: Nadezhda Sezina Education: High School Student Rank and Merit: Master of Sport - International Class Notable Achievements: Three-time champion of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010 (all-around, vault, uneven bars), and winner of the Bronze Medal (floor exercise). 3 Time Gold Medallist on the Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and All Around at the 2009 Japan Junior International. 3 Time Gold Medallist at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival on…

Terri Poch (born August 20, 1967) is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Tori. She currently owns and runs a yoga studio in Portland. Professional wrestling career Early career (1988–1993) Poch debuted in 1988 as Taylor Made, a valet for Scotty the Body in Portland's Pacific Northwest Wrestling. She joined the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) in 1990 as Terri Power, defeating both Leilani Kai and Judy Martin within her first year with the company On February 23, 1992 at Super Ladies Showdown in Rochester, Minnesota in the Mayo Civic Center she defeated La…

Wrestler: Miss Linda Real Name: Linda Barbara Street Or is it Gunthorpe Hawker? Birthday: October 27, 1945 Hometown: Royal Forest of Dean, England Currently: Gulf Breeze, Florida Marital Status: Married to Adrian Street Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Angel Dust Blackfoot Sioux November 22, 1984--Mid South: Adrian Street & Miss Linda defeated Bill Dundee in a "Handicap" match.. Adrian Street & Miss Linda decided to settle down and live a normal life in beautiful Gulf Breeze, Florida.. Adrian & Linda are now a successful manufacturer of high quality wrestling wear (costumes, masks, etc.) September 15, 2007--So…

Diane Syms (born February 8, 1962), better known by her ring name Misty Blue Simmes, is an American former professional wrestler. Career American Wrestling Association Simmes competed for the American Wrestling Association in a 10 woman battle royal at WrestleRock 86 on April 20, 1986. The match was won by Sherri Martel. National Wrestling Alliance In 1986, Simmes joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and was awarded the NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior NWA World Women's Championship held by Debbie Combs). She once challenged Combs to a title unification match (NWA United States Women's Title and NWA World Women's Title), but…

Linda Newton was a professional wrestling valet better known as Dark Journey. She has the distinction of being the first widely known African-American female manager in wrestling. Career Mid-South Newton was discovered by Dick Slater when she was a dancer in a strip club. Slater brought her in to be his valet in the Mid-South wrestling territory. Because she was a young black woman acting as a valet for a white man in a conservative area, the pair caused a lot of legitimate heat.They also caused several lawsuits.Slater, in particular, was the victim of stalking because of the situation. She once was on the receiving end of a DDT performed by Jake "The Snake" Roberts d…

Valet: Precious Real Name: Patricia Williams Garvin Birthday: 01-01-1955 Hometown: Ontario, Canada Marital Status: Married to Jimmy Garvin Patti Williams was a professional wrestling valet in the 1980s best known as Precious. Patti Williams started her wrestling career as the valet for her real-life husband (Jimmy Garvin) in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1983 under the name of Precious. She replaced his previous valet, Sunshine (Garvin's Cousin), causing a feud and many catfights in the ring between the two. Precious was known for carrying an aerosal can of hair spray that she would use to spray in the eys of Garvin's opponents. She went with Garvin to the AWA whe…

Interviewer: Pamela Paulshock Real Name: Pamela Paulshock Birthday: January 5, 1976 Hometown: Baltimore, MD Marital Status: Married to Roger Lodge ~(Host of TV's "Blind Date") with Child Height & Weight: 5'6" - 120 lbs Debut: 2000 Notable Feuds: Chris Kanyon Mark Madden Lunchmeat for World Championship Wrestling.. July 8, 2000 - Nitro: Buff & Judy Bagwell defeated Chris Kanyon & Pamela Paulshock.. September 25, 2000: Pamela Paulshock wins a bikini contest over Major Gunns, Tygress, Torrie, Chiquita, Chae, Paisley & Leia Meow.. Pamela Paulshock is married to "Blind Date" host Roger Lodge -- they recently (June 2004) gave birth to a …

Nitro Girl/Valet/Wrestler: Nitro Girl Tygress Real Name: Vanessa Sanchez Birthday: January 21, 1971 Hometown: Syosset, New York Marital Status: Height & Weight: 5'4" - 120 lbs Trained by: WCW Powerplant Debut: June 1998 Titles: None Previous Names: Tygress (WCW) Venessa Sanchez (Wildside) Finishing Move: Stuff-buster (Facebuster) Favorite Moves: Face Full of Stuff Notable Feuds: Nitro Girl Spice Major Gunns Natural Born Thrillers Torrie Wilson Tygress started out as one of the original Nitro Girls but moved onto different on-air rolls within World Championship Wrestling.. November 1, 1999 - Nitro: Spice announced she is the new l…

Teri Byrne (born in Pensacola, Florida) was a member of WCW's Nitro Girls and is a former fitness competitor. Career Teri Byrne graduated from Arizona State University with Honors in Communication. She first started out competing as a fitness model. Then, she met Kimberly Page and she joined WCW's original Nitro Girls as Nitro Girl Fyre on July 14, 1997, and stayed with them until 1999. She then opened a website as a model but shut it down after a couple of years. She appeared in a non-nude Nitro Girls pictorial in the September 1998 issue of Penthouse, along with Melissa Bellin, Chae An, and Kimberly Page. After the demise of the Nitro Girls in 2000, she was a member …

Valet: Sunshine Real Name: Valerie Rena French Birthday: April 29, 1962 Hometown: Cape Coral, Florida Now living in Tampa, FL Marital Status: Married to David Michael Vaughn with Daughter Height & Weight: Debut: January 1983 Previous Names: Notable Feuds: Jim Cornette Precious Missy Hyatt (UWF) John Tatum (UWF) Dark Journey (UWF) Precious The Raven -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrestlers Who Sunshine Has Managed Billy Jack Haynes The Great Kabuki Hercules Hernandez Chris Adams Scott Casey The Missing Link Jimmy Garvin (WCCW) Fabulous Freebirds (UWF) Brian Adias Jack Victory …

She was born December 18, 1993 in Galaţi, Romania. She's an artistic gymnast and her beam routine is the highlight of my week. Not to mention she's absolutely stunning.

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk: Woman World Champion, Mother and Wife…Aspiring Fashion Model and a Role Model for the chess community.

Julia Goerges Is a German tennis player born in November, 2nd 1988 in Bad Odesloe and has been professional since 2005. Her favourite surface is clay on which she has had multiple success, her favourite shot is her forehand and her actual coach is Jacob Björn. Julia has one her first WTA tournament in Portoroz 2009 (an International event) and has aligned an incredible streak of 11-0 wins just after Wimbledon until Copenhagen where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki in a very though three setter. She won Stuttgart 2011 in front of her home crowd which constitutes her biggest trophy in her young career. She's actually ranked as #18 in the world. Age : 21 Date …

Fatima Moreire de Melo. From Wikipedia: Fatima Moreira de Melo LL.M. (born 4 July 1978 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch field hockey player. She has played 191[1] international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. Her debut match was on 21 October 1997 against Germany which ended in a 2-1 victory for The Netherlands. She plays on the position of striker. In the Dutch national competition she has played for Tempo '34, HGC and HC Rotterdam. She was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she won an olympic …

Mary Pierce (born 15 January 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a Franco-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics. Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles. She has reached six Grand Slam singles finals, most recently at the US Open and French Open in 2005. Her Grand Slam singles titles came at the 2000 French Open and the 1995 Australian Open. She won the 2005 Wimbledon mixed doubles championship and has reached three Grand Slam doubles finals. She has won 18 WTA singles titles and 10 WT…

Wasn't sure whether to post her in the athlethes or Models section Zhang Lanxin Name: Zhang Lanxin Height: 178cm Weight: 53kg Measurements: 90 61 91 Birthday: 1986.07.21. Constellation: Cancer Current residence: Beijing 2004 National Taekwondo Championship 55 kg class. 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony to guide staff. 2008 Olympic Games promotional film actor (Kung Fu article) Info taken from her profile at Istudio: http://www.istudio.com/21773

Egle Balciunaite (born October 31, 1988) is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania. Height: 175 cm (5' 8 and 5/6") Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)

Ivet Lalova (Bulgarian: Ивет Лалова, born May 18, 1984) is a Bulgarian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metre and 200 metre sprint events. She is the ninth fastest woman in 100 metre history, and finished fourth in the 100 metre and fifth in the 200 metre event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for two years between June, 2005 and May, 2007 due to a leg injury. She was born in Sofia. Contents [hide] * 1 Career overview o 1.1 Childhood and junior years o 1.2 Senior career * 2 References * 3 External links [edit] Career overview [edit] Childhood and junior years Lalova's parents, Miroslav Lalo…