Top 10 Female Marketable Athletes 2017: The Boldest of Them All

Female athletes are not only powerful divas who change the stereotypes each and every day but they also are known to set an example for the younger generations to come. Throughout the ages, there have been a lot of conjectures towards how or to what extent can a female athlete play sport, lift weights or be active. Well to answer all these questions, one needs to read on. Here are the Top 10 Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

Top 10 Female Marketable Athletes 2017: The Boldest of Them All

The athletes on this list are not only pretty successful and talented but they are also rich because of their talent. If you want to know more about these people, please continue to read on.

 10. Hilary Knight

At number 10 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Hilary Knight. Hilary Knight is a two-time Olympic Silver medalist, a six-time World Champion and quite possibly the best female hockey player in the world. She is changing the view for females in sport. In 2014, she made history as the very first female skater (non-goalie) to practice with an NHL team. This one on this list is one of the top Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

Hilary grew up in a skiing household with parents who had never actually ice skated. She was on skis at the mere age of two, but when she turned five, her family had moved to Chicago and she began playing ice hockey. Her three younger brothers all used to play hockey and helped her hone her skills growing up.

9. Anna Prugova

At number 9 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Anna Prugova. She represented Russia back at the 2010 Winter Olympics in women’s ice hockey. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Prugova happened to be the youngest woman competing in ice hockey. Her age was 16 years and 86 days.  She was on the bronze medal-winning team in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship. This one on this list is one of the best Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

8. Sydney leroux

At number 8 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Sydney Leroux. She is a Canadian American professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist. As a forward, she is presently signed by FC Kansas City in the National Women’s Soccer League. After representing Canada at the youth levels, she chose to play for the United States women’s national under-20 soccer team starting back in 2008 and later began playing for the U.S. senior national team back in 2012. Leroux has earned over 50 caps with the senior national team. She also was part of the Americans’ winning squads at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 Women’s World Cup. This one on this list is one of the amazing Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

7. Hope solo

At number 7 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Hope solo. She is an American soccergoalkeeper, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and World Cup champion. Hope Solo as of now plays for the Seattle Reign FC. She was the goalkeeper for the United States women’s national soccer team from the late 2000 through August, 2016.  When the WUSA folded after her first season, she readily traveled to Europe to play for the top division leagues in Sweden and France. From 2009 to 2011, she had played in the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and magicJack. This one on this list is one of the awesome Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

6. Lindsey Vonn

At number 6 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Lindsey Vonn.  She is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She has won total four World Cup overall championships—one of only two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Proll . Vonn is one of only six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing – downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined . She has also won 77 World Cup races in her career through February 6, 2016. This one on this list is one of the mesmerizing Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

5. Ronda Rousey

At number 5 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Ronda Rousey. Rousey was the very first American woman to have earned an Olympic medal in judo (Bronze).  She had won it at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Ronda is the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion, and also the last Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion. She won 12 consecutive MMA fights, six in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Back in May 2015, two magazines ranked Rousey as the most “dominant” active athlete. This one on this list is one of the greatest Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

4. Anna Kournikova

At number 4 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Anna Kournikova who is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the most known tennis stars globally. At the peak of her career, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most used search strings on Google Search. This one on this list is one of the wonderful Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

3. Eugenie Bouchard

At number 3 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Eugenie Bouchard. She  is a Canadian professional tennis player who is currently ranked at no. 53 in the world.At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Bouchard had become the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the finals of a Grand Slam in singles event. She ended up finishing as runner-up to Petra Kvitová. She also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open. Bouchard began playing tennis at the age of five and she is a member of Tennis Canada’s National Training Centre in Montreal. She attended The Study school in Westmount. This one on this list is one of the incredible Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

2. Serena Williams

At number 2 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Serena Williams. Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association  has ranked the formidable player as world No. 1 in singles on seven occasions, from 2002 to 2017. She became the world No. 1 for the first time back on July 8, 2002. Till date, she has achieved this ranking for the seventh time on January 30, 2017.  On the sixth occasion, she held the ranking for a staggering 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf for the most consecutive weeks as the world No. 1 by a female tennis player. She is ranked at 3rd in the Open Era among female tennis players. This one on this list is one of the astonishing Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

1. Maria Sharapova

At number 1 in this list of Female Marketable Athletes 2017, we have Maria Sharapova. Maria Yuryevna Sharapova e has been previously ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total count of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to retain the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, earning silver for Russia in women’s singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sharapova became the world No. 1 for the first time on August 22, 2005, at the early age of 18. She last held the ranking for the fifth time for four weeks from June 11, 2012, to July 8, 2012. This one on this list is one of the finest Female Marketable Athletes 2017.

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