Sexiest Female Athletes

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Lindsey Vonn

Olympic skier and four-time World Cup champion Vonn is no stranger to competing against some of her sport's most elite racers, but the athlete admits she's met her match in golfer boyfriend Tiger Woods. "We're really competitive with everything -- ping pong, tennis, whatever," Vonn has said. "I usually lose, which is really depressing."

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Aly Raisman

The Massachusetts native won raves in summer 2012 as part of Team USA gymnastics' Fierce Five at the London Olympics, and in addition to the three medals she took home, Raisman also scored a marriage proposal: Via ring pop! "He got down on one knee and then Harry, my manager, was like 'she's too young to get married!'" Raisman told Us.

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Hope Solo

"I was told I had too much muscle and I was too intense and wasn't very dainty. Well, hello -- you cast a female professional athlete! Help me get better as a dancer," volleyball player Solo said after enduring harsh criticism from the Dancing With the Stars judges when she competed with Maksim Chmerkovskiy in 2011. "There's no hard feelings at all. I understand that it's television."

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Missy Franklin

Earning four gold medals and one bronze at the 2012 London Games when she was just 17, sexy swimmer Franklin celebrated her success in a very big way: She got a tattoo of the Olympic rings! "Getting a tattoo has never been something I ever thought I would do, but this one just has so much meaning to it and it is really something that you have to earn," she has said. "It's an honor to have it."

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Nastia Liukin

Though retired from gymnastics, the petite blonde has five Olympic medals and a slew of other accolades to her name since last competing in 2012. Liukin - one of the first female athletes ever to be signed as a CoverGirl spokesmodel - has her own clothing line from JCPenney and her good looks even earned her a guest gig as a Price Is Right model.

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Anna Kournikova

The tennis ace's key to always looking cute on and off the court? "If I'm doing something really physical, like running, I braid my hair so it doesn't get tangled," Enrique Iglesias' longtime love tells Women's Health magazine.

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Danica Patrick

One of racing's most in-demand drivers, Patrick has graced the covers of Sports Illustrated, SHAPE and ESPN magazine. A GoDaddy.com girl who frequently appears in the brand's sexy Super Bowl commercials, Patrick stripped down to appear in SI's 2008 swimsuit issue.

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Maria Sharapova

The 6'2" blonde beauty, widely hailed as one of her sport's hottest stars, admits to never having counted a single calorie. "I do weigh myself, though, to make sure I'm hydrated before matches because I sweat so much," she tells SHAPE magazine. "Water is a huge part of my diet. I have to force myself to drink it."

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Laila Ali

The daughter of Muhammad Ali, professional boxer Laila -- who retired from the sport in 2007 -- is now a hot married mom of two children with her husband, former NFL player Curtis Conway.

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Amanda Beard

Seven-time Olympic medalist Beard posed in a saucy neon green bikini in the pages of Sports Illustrated's 2005 swimsuit issue and covered Playboy.

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Serena Williams

Tennis champ Serena -- the sister of Venus -- has a body women envy, but the curvy star admits there's one thing about her body she wouldn't mind changing: Her arms. "People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit," the athlete tells Harper's Bazaar. "But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills."

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Stacy Keibler

Model, actress and retired professional WCW and WWE wrestler Keibler's most identifiable body part is her long legs, which earned her the nickname "The Legs of WWE." Splitting from actor George Clooney in 2013, Keibler is also a former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader who has been named to Maxim's Hot 100 list more than five times.

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Lolo Jones

Olympic hurdler Jones already has her mind made up about the actresses who would play her if her life and athletic career were to be made into a movie. "The older version of me would be played by Vanessa Williams, and the current Lolo would be played by Rashida Jones," Jones tells E! News. "And the younger Lolo would be played by Halle Berry's daughter!"

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Gabrielle Reece

Volleyball star Reece -- married to surfer Laird Hamilton -- has modeled and created several fitness DVDs throughout her career. Posing for Playboy in 2001, Reece tells Active.com she strives to raise her daughters to have a healthy body image. "Girls pick up on everything you do. I don't walk around flicking my hair back and I don't complain about feeling fat; we don't have that conversation in my house," she says.

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Allyson Felix

Track and field star Felix -- a six-time Olympian -- uses her hot bod to encourage aspiring athletes to keep moving and develop a daily fitness routine. Since the London Games, First Lady Michelle Obama tapped Felix to appear as a spokeswoman for her "Let's Move" campaign.