- RONDA ROUSEY
This is an amazing lady. Rousey became in 2008 was the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in Judo (bronze). This amazing lady was however the former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, and the last ever Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.
Ronda won 12 consecutive MMA fights, of which 6 were from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), before she loss for the first time to Holly Holm in November 2015. But pleasurably, She won 11 of those fights in the first round, nine of them by armbar submission.
Most amazingly, 2 magazines ranked Ronda in May 2015, as the most "dominant" active athlete. And In September 2015, voters in an online ESPN poll voted her as the Best Female Athlete Ever.
2. SERENA WILLIAMS
Serena was in 1999 the first the second African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title at the young age of 17 years. This daring stare in 2001 together with Venus Williams, became the fifth pair to complete a Career Doubles Grand Slam and the only pair to win a Career Doubles Golden Slam.
However, during the 2002 Roland Garros final, Serena became the first younger sister to defeat her older sister in a Grand Slam singles tournament. Great achievement!
It might interest you to know that this daring star in 2003 won the Australian Open, making her the fifth woman to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. Wow! Upon attaining this great fit in 2003, she became the first African-American to win the championship and still, she became the sixth player to win a Career Grand Slam. What an amazing one there.
As if that wasn’t enough, still in 2003, she won Wimbledon ladies' title, thus making her to become just the fifth woman in the Open Era to win back-to-back Wimbledon crowns.
Interestingly also, is that in 2005, Serena won the Australian Open by defeating Mauresmo and Davenport, making her the only player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam singles titles (1999 U.S. Open, 2002 Roland Garros) upon defeating the top two ranked players.
Coming down to 2007, Serena couldn’t afford to relent, as she won the Australian Open and set the record of being the first unseeded player since Chris O'Neil (1978) to win a slam, by this achievement, she was ranked number 81 in the world.
3. TYLER TUMMINIA
This developer of the Goldklang Group’s award winning marketing philosophy, Be Your Own Fan, in response to current market trends and industry analysis, is responsible for the marketing and broad scale sponsorship, operations and communications efforts for the Goldklang Group.
One of her most heralded accomplishments is the development of the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame, which received tremendous recognition throughout the industry.
In feburary 2017, Tyler became co-owner of the Pittsfield Suns, a summer collegiate baseball team that plays in the Futures League in Pittsfield, MA, making the Suns the newest addition to the Goldklang Family.
She has served as a mentor for young sport executives, speaks on the campus of elite colleges throughout the nation, and has equally served as a moderator on various panels made up of professional sport executives throughout the years.
Most interestingly, she was presented as the Sport Business Leader of the Year. Great fit there!
4. MARIA SHARAPOVA
Maria on her part is an Olympic medalist, who won silver in women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She became the world Number one for the first time on August 22, 2005, at the age of 18, and last held the ranking for the fifth time for four weeks from June 11, 2012, to July 8, 2012.
However, Maria has won the year-ending WTA Finals in her debut in 2004. She has achieved a rare level of longevity in the women's game. From 2003 until 2015, She won at least one singles title a year.
Moreover, Since February 2007, Maria has been a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, specifically concerned with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme.
Most interestingly, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" In June 2011, by Time. Also, in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel.
Forbes also named her as the highest-paid female athlete in the world for 11 consecutive years and earned US$285 million since she turned pro in 2001.
Women deserve some accolades. 😍😍💃💃💃🙌🙌🙌
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