Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.Luciana Aymar is arguably the best field hockey player in the world. As the only player to ever win the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) World Player of the Year Award four times ('01, '04-'05, '07), she may even be the best field hockey player ever.
An attacker, she provides most of the offense for an Argentine team that finished with bronze and silver medals in the last two Olympic Games, drawing comparisons to countryman and soccer legend Diego Maradona. Except, you know, she doesn't struggle with obesity or do mountains of cocaine.
But let's get to what really matters. After all, what good is being the best player your sport has ever seen if the opposite sex doesn't find you alluring? After the jump, see more of Luciana and vote in our ever-superficial Attractive Olympians poll.
Breaking Down the Basics
| Age | 30 |
| Height | 5' 7" |
| Weight | 132 |
| Arms | Perfectly toned |
| Legs | Perfectly toned |
| Uniform skirt | Alluringly snug |
| Minidresses | Very alluringly snug |
| Nickname | "La Maga" (The Magician") |
| Possible origin | Moving so well in such tight clothing not possible without the dark arts |
Presentation of Medals
*When judging, assume that Gold suggests a future of GoDaddy.com-level of endorsements, and Bronze points toward appearances in local circulars.
Attractive Olympians
Maria Sharapova This will be the first Olympics for the Russian tennis star, who has won three Grand Slam titles.
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Laure Manaudou: The French swimmer and Gold medal winner in the 400m freestyle holds the world records for the 400m freestyle and 200m freestyle.
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Anna Bessonova Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast won bronze at the 2004 games and earned gold at the World Championships in '07.
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Demetrius Andrade The reigning world AIBA boxing champion at 152 pounds, Andrade was a Golden Glove winner in '06 and '07.
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Alicia Sacramone: A member of the United States gymnastics team since 2003, Sacramone has earned seven medals from three world championships.
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Ana Ivanovic: Serbian tennis player reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2007 and the 2008 Australian Open final.
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Jennie Finch: Pitched the USA to gold in 2004. She and her teammates have many fans, none more so than Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Apolo Anton Ohno: U.S. short track speed skater won TV's Dancing With the Stars, and has earned five Olympic medals, including gold in the 500m at the 2006 games.
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Kris Freeman: Competed for the U.S. Ski Team in cross country at the 2002 and '06 games, finishing 14th in Salt Lake City.
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James Blake: No. 9 pro tennis player in the world says he plans to represent the U.S. at the Beijing games.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-07-2008 @ 6:04PM
jnick said...
I agree with you on your selections. Just about all that you posted could easily be professional models, hands down. I know that you can't post all olympians, but i'm surprised you omitted some very beautiful american track and field athletes. For example: Sanya Richards, Lolo Jones,Diana Pickler, and Kara Goucher to name a few.
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