Top 5: Hottest Female Athletes

Following my inspired Top 5: Guys I'd Wanna Be List, I've decided to add to the legacy of the Top 5 by counting down the Top 5: Hottest Female Athletes. What I'm looking for is a blend of looks and talent along with still being active in athleteics. Anna Kournikovas, need not apply. So ONWARD!

HONORABLE MENTION:

These girls haven't quite made their impact sports wise to consider them an adequate blend of accomplishments and looks. Then again, I guess I could have put some semi-ugly girls who have accomplished a lot in sports (i.e. Olympic Gold Medalist, Natalie Coughlin), but where would be the fun in that?

HOPE SOLO

She's the goalie for the United States Women's National Soccer Team. She made some waves last year due to her benching for veteran goalkeeper, Briana Scurry (she was not considered for this article), during the 2007 World Cup loss to Brazil. She also appears in the Nike Sparq Training Commercial (44 sec.). And that's about it.

ASHLEY FORCE

She races funny cars and is the daughter of funny car legend, John Force. I'm not sure if the last name is made up, but there is something very "Vin Diesel-ish" going on here.

ANA PAULA MANCINO/LOKELANI MCMICHAEL

Apparently the former is a volleyball player and the latter is a tri-athlete. Whatever.

DQ'd FOR BEING GROSSLY OVERRATED

SERENA WILLIAMS

DANICA PATRICK

AMANDA BEARD


5. SASHA COHEN

The 23 year-old figure skater is a 2006 U.S. National Champion, 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and 2006 Olympic silver medalist. While she may have fallen short of some of her higher expectations earlier in her career, Cohen has put together an impressive resume and should continue for several more years. As for looks, well she is bendy, and has taken to some part time modeling and acting. I'm sure that will go well.



4. CANDACE PARKER

She has already won multiple NCAA Championships and any individual award a female basketball player can win. Now she is with the LA Sparks in the WNBA for at least a year until a foreign team picks her up for double the money. Oh, and if you want a guy that went way out of his league, here's her fiance, NBA basketball player Shelden Williams. Whoops, I mean here. Sure she may have poor judgment and is rather awkward, but she's 6'4 for the love of God! Plus, an attractive WNBA player? Come on, that's something.

3. MARIA SHARAPOVA

At 6'2 Maria is no slouch. The former #1 Player in the World is 21 and already has 19 career titles and is a French Open win away from a career grand slam. I mean, the woman should be just wrapping up her Junior year of college, not warming up for Wimbledon in two weeks. I know some people may think M-Sharp is #1, but I think others are a little bit better. Who knows, there may even be a hotter female tennis player out there...hmmm.

2. TANITH BELBIN

Tanith jumped to the public's attention during the Turin Olympics, winning the Silver Medal for the US for Ice Dancing. Apparently Ice Dancing is like figure skating except more boring. What makes it not so boring? Tanith Belbin.



1. ANA IVANOVIC

Alright, you caught me. The 2008 Women's French Open Champ caught my eye. She's really the whole purpose of this article, and I really don't care. She's now the #1 Ranked Women's Tennis Player and is all set to hone in on some of M-Sharp's publicity dough. Frankly, I think she'll be worth every penny. If she can keep up this level of play (which she supposedly can) then a couple years of Ivanovic v. Sharapova wouldn't hurt women's tennis at all. The hottest female athlete is still named Ana, just drop an 'n'. Rock on, Ana.