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25 Hottest Female Athletes You Can Be Thankful For In 2014

1 alana blanchard — With Thanksgiving approaching, it is time to start thinking about what we are all thankful for. As sports fans, that list is quite long in 2014: no lockouts, no replacement refs, exciting games, and last but certainly not least, the stunning women competing in sports today. Some athletes become famous for their performance, while others rise to fame in thanks to their good looks. Here are 25 female athletes you can be thankful for in 2014.

With Thanksgiving approaching, it is time to start thinking about what we are all thankful for. As sports fans, that list is quite long in 2014: no lockouts, no replacement refs, exciting games, and last but certainly not least, the stunning women competing in sports today. Some athletes become famous for their performance, while others rise to fame in thanks to their good looks. Here are 25 female athletes you can be thankful for in 2014.

25. Alana Blanchard

25. Alana Blanchard

Blanchard is a professional surfer and model from Hawaii. Luckily for fans, she even has her own reality show that follows her around as she competes in surfing competitions and models.

24. Alex Morgan

24. Alex Morgan

The 25-year-old Morgan is one of the best female soccer players in the world. In 2012, she was named the U.S. soccer Female Athlete of the Year and posed in body paint for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

23. Ana Ivanovic

23. Ana Ivanovic

Ivanovic is a 6-foot-1 Serbian tennis player currently ranked fifth in the world. She was ranked as the top female tennis player in the world for a period of time in 2008.

22. Anna Kournikova

22. Anna Kournikova

Kournikova may go down as the hottest female athlete of her generation. Despite never winning a WTA singles title, she was the most famous female tennis player in the world based solely on her devastatingly good looks.

21. Antonija Maisura

21. Antonija Maisura

Misura is a 5-foot-10 point guard for the Croatian National Basketball Team.

20. Blair O'Neal

20. Blair O'Neal

O’Neal is a professional golfer who appeared on the Golf Channel’s reality show “The Big Break” in 2009.

19. Darya Klishina

19. Darya Klishina

Klishina is a 23 year-old Russian long jumper and model. She holds the Russian junior record with a jump of 7.03 meters.

18. Gina Carano

18. Gina Carano

Carano was one of the best female Mixed Martial Artists in the world. She also starred in the 2013 film “Fast & Furious 6.”

17. Hope Solo

17. Hope Solo

Solo is the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. She has won two Olympic gold medals as a member of the team and posed semi-nude in 2011 for ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue.

16. Kim Glass

16. Kim Glass

Glass won a silver medal with the U.S. National Women’s Volleyball Team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

15. Lakey Peterson

15. Lakey Peterson

Peterson is the No. 3-ranked female surfer in the world. She landed the first-ever aerial in NSSA women’s competition history in 2009.

14. Anna Semenovich

14. Anna Semenovich

A former figure skater and ice dancer, Semenovich is mainly known for the assets on the upper half of her body. However, she boasts quite the lower half as well.

13. Maria Sharapova

13. Maria Sharapova

The Russian bombshell is currently the No. 2-ranked women’s tennis player in the world. Sharapova has won five Grand Slam singles titles and had a six-page feature in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

12. Meghan Hardin

12. Meghan Hardin

Hardin is a professional golfer who appeared on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” reality show and later returned as a host.

11. Melanie Adams

11. Melanie Adams

Adams is an Australian pole vaulter who participated in the 2012 London Olympics.

10. Michelle Jenneke

10. Michelle Jenneke

Jenneke is a 21-year-old Australian hurdler who rose to fame in 2012 for a pre-race warm-up routine that involved her dancing. She also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2013.

9. Miesha Tate

9. Miesha Tate

Tate is currently ranked as the no. 11 pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world. She was the first woman to win a UFC “Fight of the Night” award.

8. Natalie Gulbis

8. Natalie Gulbis

Gulbis is a professional golfer who posed in only body paint in 2012 for Sports Illustrated.

7. Roxy Louw

7. Roxy Louw

Roxy is a surfer-turned-model and actress who appeared in the 2011 film “Blue Crush 2.”

6. Sage Erickson

6. Sage Erickson

Erickson is a professional surfer who is regarded as one of the best in the world.

5. Sara Galimberti

5. Sara Galimberti

Galimberti is an Italian track star and has competed in the Miss Italia pageant. She was named Miss Lombardia at just 18 years old.

4. Summer Rae

4. Summer Rae

Rae is a professional wrestler who played for the Chicago Bliss of the professional women’s tackle football league.

3. Sydney Leroux

3. Sydney Leroux

Leroux is a professional soccer player who helped the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

2. Victoria Azarenka

2. Victoria Azarenka

Azarenka is a former No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player from Belarus. She won the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open singles titles.

Maria Kirilenko

Maria Kirilenko

Another one of Russia’s gorgeous tennis players, Kirilenko has been ranked as high as No. 10 in the world. She was engaged to Russian hockey star Alexander Ovechkin before calling it off in July of 2014.

Seth Lassen is a writer for RantSports. Like him on Facebook.

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