1. Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia)
Is a multi-talented athlete who has represented Colombia in different disciplines such as triple jump, long jump and high jump, in which she holds the colombian record (1.93 m). Ibargüen has a vast collection of accolades, which includes a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, two gold medals in the IAAF Athletics World Championship, two gold medals in the 2011 Pan-American Games and2015 Pan American Games and a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games.
2. Sofia Mulanovich (Peru)
The Peruvian 3-time world surfing champion was the first latin american ever to win a World Surf League Championship Tour event in 2004, winning three out of six events. Sofia is also the only latin american surfer (male or female) to have won two ISA World Championships, in Ecuador in 2004 and in Japan in 2019. In 2007, Sofia was inducted into the Surfing Hall Of Fame and became the first Latin American to have received such acclaim.
3. Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
The Venezuelan queen of triple jump, Yulimar has twice been crowned World Champion, both indoors, in Portland and Birmingham, and outdoors, in London in 2017 and in 2019 in Doha. However, her most important achievement came in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, where she had the silver medal hung around her neck. Rojas currently has the world indoor record for the triple jump, with a stunning mark of 15.43 meters.
4. Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina)
Born in Argentina, she is one of the most recognized tennis players, who shone from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, winning 41 titles throughout her career in both doubles and singles. Her list of achievements includes a silver at the 1988 olympic singles and a doubles victory at wimbledon in the same year alongside Steffi Graff. Gabriela retains the record for the most wins against reigning world no. 1s. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006 and in 2018 she was named number 20 in the list of the greatest tennis players of the last 50 years according to Tennis Magazine.
6. Marta (Brazil)
Marta Vieira da Silva, more commonly just known as Marta, is one of the best-known soccer players in the World. As a forward for Brazil's team, she has scored the most goals in the Women's World Cup History and was named FIFA World Player of the Year five years in a row from 2006-2010.
6.Mariana Pajon (Colombia)
Pajon won gold for BMX cycling at the 2012 London Olympics, making it the second gold medal in Colombia's Olympic history.
7. Garbine Muguruza (Venezuela)
Yup. We’re definitely claiming this one. Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player and former world No. 1. Since turning professional in 2012, she has won eight singles titles, including two majors: the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. born in Caracas in 1993 to Venezuelan mother, and Spanish father, Muguruza began playing tennis at the age of three. After moving to Spain with her family when she was six years old, Muguruza began training at the Bruguera Tennis Academy near Barcelona. We love her agreessive and explosive style; she plays like a true Latina, with fire and passion!
8. Lorena Ochoa (Mexico)
Lorena Ochoa was the first Mexican golfer (for both genders) to be ranked on a top spot in the globe and is seen as the top golfer and the best Latin American golfer in the female genre of all time. In 2017, she was inaugurated in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She was ranked first among female golfers in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks says an article. This was from April 23, 2007, to May 2, 2010. She retired on May 2, 2010, at the age of 28.
9. Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (Cuba)
At 800 metres, Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996). Her best time of 1:54.44 from 1989 still ranks her fifth on the world all-time list. She is regarded as one of the best female 800m runners of all time, and probably the best to not have an Olympic Gold medal in the event.
10. Sofia Gomez Uribe (Colombia)
Sofia one of the world’s greatest free drivers of the modern era, with six national records (dynamic apnea, constant weight with fins and free immersion and constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving) and success in a host of international competitions. Sofia is also a civil engineer, she graduated from National University Of Colombia in Medellin and in 2018 she was part of a scientific study to measure how the human body reacts in extreme conditions.
Other mentions...
Paola Longoria (Mexico) is considered the best female racquetball player in the world and has won eight national championships, three world titles, three gold medals at the Pan-American games, and the National Sports Award in Mexico in 2010. She was the first player in the history of the sports to simultaneously hold the world title for both singles and doubles.
Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981) is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever at the time, now the eighth. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also won at the 2007 Pan American Games. Murer represented Brazil at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
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