Martina Hingis, born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, is a Swiss former pro tennis player. She became the youngest Grand Slam champ of the 20th century and hit world number one in both singles and doubles.
Hingis grabbed five Grand Slam singles titles and thirteen in doubles. She hung up her racket for good in 2017 after a killer career that landed her in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/martinahingis80
Katharina Scholz was born July 4, 1983 in Berlin. She’s a German field hockey player. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In August 2009, she posed nude for the German Playboy with other athletes Nicole Reinhardt, Petra Niemann, and Romy Tarangul.
Meet Kristin Boese (born July 1, 1977, in Potsdam), a German kite surfer. In 2009, she was shortlisted for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards by the International Sailing Federation.
Anna Bader was born December 12, 1983 in Mutlangen, Germany. She’s a high diver. She competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2013, 2014, and 2015, and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annabader_/
Nicole Reinhardt was born January 2, 1986 in Lampertheim, Germany. She’s a sprint canoeist who started competin’ in 2003. She grabbed gold in the K-4 500 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Elisa Basso, born in Italy, is the sister of cyclist Ivan Basso. She’s been in the spotlight mostly for her ties to doping scandals in cycling, where she got banned for four years in 2010 for trafficking banned substances.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisapolly/
Meet Sylwia Gruchała, born November 6, 1981, in Gdynia, Poland. She blew up as a pro fencer, reppin’ Poland on the global stage. Sylwia racked up mad medals at the Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sylgruch/
Meet Stefany Hohnjec, born August 7, 1986, in Koper, a former Croatian model and photoshoot queen, best known for snaggin’ the Miss Sport title in 2004.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanyhohnjec/
Meet Franziska van Almsick, born April 5, 1978, in East Berlin, East Germany. She’s a retired German swimmer who blew up as a teen for her sick performances in global swim comps. She first made waves at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, snaggin’ two silver and two bronze medals at just 14. Over her career, she stacked up ten Olympic medals and smashed multiple world records, makin’ her one of Germany’s all-time great swimmers.
On top of her pool game, she got eyes on her for strippin’ down in Playboy, showin’ off her skills as both a champ athlete and a public figure. Those spreads amped up her fame way beyond sports.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franziska_van_almsick/
Meet Sydney Rae Leroux, born May 7, 1990, a Canadian-born American pro soccer player. She’s a forward for Angel City FC in the NWSL, rockin’ the game with mad skills.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sydneyleroux/
Meet Maya Reis Gabeira, born April 10, 1987, a Brazilian big wave surfer. She shredded a massive 22.4 m (73 ft) wave in Nazaré, Portugal in February 2020, snaggin’ the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave a woman’s ever surfed. Before that, she held the record with a 20.8 m (68 ft) wave in January 2018.
Gabeira’s racked up tons of awards, includin’ the ESPY for Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maya
Meet Jennifer Bongardt, a German athlete born on September 8, 1982, in Hagen. Peeps know her for rockin’ it in nude Playboy pics (September 2007).
