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Alexandra Orlando – Canada
Alexandra Orlando was born January 19, 1987 in Toronto. She
has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the
Canadian
National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
At the world championships in September, she finished ninth
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the all-around competition and qualified for the Olympic
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Maria Sharapova – Russia
Maria Sharapova was born in 1987 to Yuri and Yelena, ethnic
Russians, in the town of Nyagan in Siberia, Russia. She is a
former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. As of
August 4, 2008, she is ranked World No. 4 by the Women's
Tennis Association. As of July 2008, she is the world's
highest-paid female athlete. |
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Rita Dravucz – Hungary
Rita Dravucz Was born April 14, 1980 in Szolnok Hungary. She
is a water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her
native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
She was a member of the Hungary Women's National Team. Now
she is taking part in the Summer Beijing Olympic 2008. |
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4:
Alona Bondarenko – Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko was born August 13, 1984 in Kryvyi Rih,
Soviet Union. She is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a
younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko. Her career high singles
ranking is No. 19, achieved on April 14, 2008. She won the
2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister
Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the
finals. |
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5:
Amanda Beard - United States
Amanda Ray Beard Was born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach,
California. She is an American Olympic swimmer and model. She
made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic
Games at the age of 14. She won silver medals in the
100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the
medley relay. In 2003 she became the world champion and world
record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke. At the 2008 US
Olympic Swim Trials, Beard qualified for her 4th US Olympic
Team. Beard finished second in the 200m Breaststroke. |
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Jelena Jankovic – Serbia
Jelena Jankovic was born on February 28, 1985 in Belgrade,
Serbia. As of July 7, 2008, she is ranked World No. 2 but
will become World No. 1 on August 11, 2008. She has reached
the singles semifinals of the Australian Open, the French
Open, and the US Open in 2007. |
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7:
Lauren Jackson – Australia
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson Was born 11 May 1981 in Albury, New
South Wales, Australia. She is an Australian professional
basketball player. Lauren Jackson is widely considered to be
the best Australian female basketball player of all time and
one of the best players in the world. She is often called LJ,
Loz, or Lozza. |
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Victoria Pendleton - Great Britain
Victoria Pendleton was born 24 September 1980 in Stotfold,
Bedfordshire, UK. She is an English world champion track
cyclist. She rode her first race, a 400m event on the grass
track at Fordham at the age of 9. Pendleton won one bronze
and three silver medals in the British National Track
Championships in 2001. At the 2007 UCI Track World
Championships, she won the gold in the women's team sprint
with Shanaze Reade. Pendleton has aroused a good deal of
attention by posing occasionally for photographs that appear
on the net. |
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Stephanie Rice – Australia
Stephanie Rice was born 17 June 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland.
She is a swimmer from Brisbane, Australia, who holds the
world record in the 200 m individual medley. She is a
Commonwealth Gold medalist in the 200 metres Individual
Medley from the 2006.
At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she won a bronze
medal breaking the record Katie Hoff in the 200 m individual
medley. At the 2008 Australian Olympic trials, Rice broke the
world record in the 400 m individual medley. Her main rivals
in the events are expected to be Kirsty Coventry and Katie
Hoff. |
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Tatiana Golovin – France
Tatiana Golovin was born January 25, 1988 in Moscow, Russia.
She is a French professional tennis player of Russia. She is
currently coached by former World No. 1 Mats Wilander. She
was born in Moscow, but she moved to Paris with her parents.
Due to Nadia Petrova failing to defend her title at Paris in
2007, she climbed a spot to a career high ranking of 12. |
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