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As a red blooded American male, one's attention, obsessive as it may be, is inevitably drawn towards two primary targets: sports and women. So a natural progression for this site is to, in true ArmchairGM style, conduct scads of research in order to truly determine who is/was the hottest female athlete of all time.

Our crack research team, yours truly (Shrubbery) and Romiezzo, along with input from the legendary Manny Stiles and Davis21wylie, put together the most comprehensive field of feminine athletic hotness ever assembled. This bracket will feature 128 lovely ladies, representing more than 30 sporting disciplines, over a dozen countries, all set to undoubtedly break your heart and melt your computer terminal. And the best part is you, the users, get to vote. Your choices will advance until one sultry lass is left, to be crowned the Hottest Female Athlete of All Time.

We seeded the top 64 in order and matched them up randomly with the non-seeds, trying our best to not pair up ladies from the same sport.

The power “conferences” in this tourney are tennis, figure skating, track, swimming, and golf.  Between these conferences, nearly half the field was drawn. But don’t count out the mid-majors: surfing, soccer, and beach volleyball are all well represented in the upper seeds. The fact is, no conference may be as “stacked” as surfing, which features a #3 seed , two #5 seeds, and enough hotness to give the majors a run for their money. The overwhelming top conference is tennis, which produced 23 hotties, including a #1, #4, #5, and #7 seed, all of whom are capable of winning the whole show. Don’t sleep on the small conferences, so to speak. Mixed martial arts, triathlon, billiards, table tennis, and skiing all have entrants who may take the coveted title.

So, without further delay, we bring you Bracket #1. This region, the Amanda Beard region, as she is the #1 seed, is dominated by swimming, tennis, figure skating, and golf. Beard is the prohibitive favorite, mostly because she’s been in Playboy.  But Katarina Witt, Niki Gudex, Heather Mitts, or Ashley Force could be tough outs and may be able to win this region. Several dark horses could emerge from this region: Allison Stokke, unseeded Carlie Butler, and Ashley Harkelroad are eminently hot and should be watched closely.

Best first round matchup:
Summer Sanders vs. Carlie Butler

Honestly, this one is too close to call and either one will be an extremely tough out.

Biggest mismatch:
Swin Cash vs. Annika Sorenstam... Sorry Anika, Swin is just too freakin' hot for you to hope to beat her.

Second round matchups that will be intriguing:
Allison Stokke vs. Swin Cash
Biba Golic vs. Ashley Force
Gabriela Sabatini vs. Ashley Harkelroad

Best bet to go to the Final Four of Hotness:
(Just a hunch) Niki Gudex

Dark horse:
Allison Stokke 

So, without further ado, let's skip down (if you haven't already) to the voting now, shall we? Have fun!


Amanda Beard
(Swimming)
1225037608 Amanda Beard
Sonja Henie
(Ice-Skating)
1225037549 Sonja Henie
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Amanda Beard vs. Sonja Henie"></pollembed>
Lindsey Jacobellis
(Snowboarding)
1225037693 Lindsey Jacobellis
Lindsay Benko
(Swimming)
1225037713 Lindsay Benko
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Lindsey Jacobellis vs. Lindsay Benko"></pollembed>


Summer Sanders
(Swimming)
1225037789 Summer Sanders
Carlie Butler
(Golf)
1225037802 Carlie Butler
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Summer Sanders vs. Carlie Butler"></pollembed>


Kari Traa
(Skiing)
1226441137 Kari Traa
Danica Patrick
(Racing)
1225037898 Danica Patrick
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Kari Traa vs. Danica Patrick"></pollembed>


Gabriela Sabatini
(Tennis)
1225037977 Gabriela Sabatini
Amy Acuff
(Track)
1225038004 Amy Acuff
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Gabriela Sabatini vs. Amy Acuff"></pollembed>


Ashley Harkleroad
(Tennis)
1225038091 Ashley Harkleroad
Mohini Bhardwaj
(Gymnastics)
1225038105 Mohini Bhardwaj
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Ashley Harkleroad vs. Mohini Bhardwaj"></pollembed>


Niki Gudex
(Mount biking)
1225038201 Niki Gudex
Heidi Drazich
(Surfing)
1225038218 Heidi Drazich
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Niki Gudex vs. Heidi Drazich"></pollembed>


Kristi Yamaguchi
(Ice-skating)
1225038296 Kristi Yamaguchi
Amanda Freed
(Softball)
1225037424 Amanda Freed
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Kristi Yamaguchi vs. Amanda Freed"></pollembed>


Heather Mitts
(Soccer)
1225038351 Heather Mitts
Lisa Harrison
(Basketball)
1225038357 Lisa Harrison
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Heather Mitts vs. Lisa Harrison"></pollembed>


Vonetta Flowers
(Bobsledding)
1225038450 Vonetta Flowers
Tamara Jenkins
(Kayaking)
1225038462 Tamara Jenkins
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Vonetta Flowers vs. Tamara Jenkins"></pollembed>


Ashley Force
(Racing)
1225038547 Ashley Force
Elena Dementieva
(Tennis)
1225038550 Elena Dementieva
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Ashley Force vs. Elena Dementieva"></pollembed>


Biba Golic
(Table tennis)
1225038610 Biba Golic
Misty May-Treanor
(Beach volleyball)
1225038623 Misty May-Treanor
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Biba Golic vs. Misty May-Treanor"></pollembed>


Swin Cash
(Basketball)
1225038715 Swin Cash
Annika Sorenstam
(Golf)
1225038726 Annika Sorenstam
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Swin Cash vs. Annika Sorenstam"></pollembed>


Allison Stokke
(Pole vaulting/Track)
1225038866 Allison Stokke
Steffi Graf
(Tennis)
1225038869 Steffi Graf
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Allison Stokke vs. Steffi Graf"></pollembed>


Katarina Witt
(Ice-Skating)
1225038963 Katarina Witt
Haley Cope
(Swimming)
1225038973 Haley Cope
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Katarina Witt vs. Haley Cope"></pollembed>


Sophie Sandolo
(Golf)
1225039047 Sophie Sandolo
Nnenna Lynch
(Track)
1225054155 Nnenna Lynch
<pollembed title="Who is hotter? Sophie Sandolo vs. Nnehha Lynch"></pollembed>

We are looking to close the voting at around a week from now, which means that the voting for this region will end at about 4:30 AM on November 3, 2008 (Monday).

And feel free to add more pictures of these lovely ladies to help convince other people that one's hotter than the other. We won't say no to that; who would?


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