Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Three gymnasts are among 20 most popular female athletes online for 2012

© Diane Bidermann / Group Photo

Three members of The Fierce Five℠ - Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif./All-Olympic Gymnastics, and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics - are among the top 20 "most searched female athletes," according to statistics released by Bing. Not surprisingly, all of the top 20 women on the list are 2012 Olympians, and almost all of them took home medals for their countries.

Maroney was the highest ranked gymnast at number four, followed by Douglas at number seven and Raisman at 20.



The complete list follows.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, Olympic tennis silver medalist
Serena Williams, USA, Olympic tennis gold medal
Lolo Jones, USA, track and field Olympian
McKayla Maroney, USA, Olympic gymnastics team gold medalist
Hope Solo, USA, Olympic soccer gold medalist
Misty May-Treanor, USA, USA, Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist
Gabby Douglas, USA, two-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist - team, all-around
Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, tennis Olympian
Alex Morgan, USA, Olympic soccer gold medalist
Venus Williams, USA, Olympic doubles tennis gold medalist
Missy Franklin, USA, four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist
Abby Wambach, USA, Olympic soccer gold medalist
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, tennis Olympian
Allyson Felix, USA, Olympic 200-meter gold medalist
Candace Parker, USA, Olympic basketball champion
Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA, Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist
Jessica Ennis, Great Britain, Olympic heptathlon gold medalist
Claressa Shields, USA, Olympic boxing gold medalist
Kayla Harrison, USA, Olympic judo gold medalist
Aly Raisman, three-time Olympic gymnastics medalist: gold - team, floor exercise; bronze - balance beam

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