These top female athletes are at the peak of their games right now, fierce and dominating. They are creating a platform for themselves and inspiring little ones everywhere. These amazing #WomentThatDo are shattering records and defying the social ideologies of women in sports, let Entity give you a look at the Top Five Female Athletes in the U.S.:
While Jennie Finch was the inspiration to girls of an earlier time, Lauren Chamberlain has found herself to be the face of softball for today’s generation. Chamberlain made waves at OU her freshman year when it took her only two at bats to hit her first homerun for the Sooners. Chamberlain soared to the top. She was the talk of the town, acquiring big followings on social media. Chamberlain broke the NCAA home run record hitting No. 91 her senior year against North Texas. Chamberlain continues to be an inspiration playing for USSSA Pride and finds herself as one of the most popular female athletes of our generation.
While she now stands No. 5 in the U.S. surfer poll (previously ranked No. 4 in 2014) Alana Blanchard finds herself to be the most talked about female surfer of our time. Blanchard generates the most sponsors of any women surfers today, ranked No. 1 by surfertoday.com as the most influential woman surfer surpassing Carissa Moore (current No. 1 in the U.S. surfer poll), and Bethany Hamilton. Did I mention that she has done this all while never placing a spot an elite tour? With a 1.7m following on Instagram and 180.8k followers on twitter, Blanchard has earned herself a spot as one of the most popular female athletes.
An Alpine Ski racer with four World Cup overall championships, a bronze medal in the super-g skiing event and a gold in the downhill women’s, Lindsey Vonn has brought skiing to a whole new light. Lindsey Vonn made her way into the Olympics and forever in our hearts forever. While the she is one of the most known skiers of our time, she really soared to the top when she was noted to be dating Tiger Woods in 2013. Separating herself from that Vonn has gone earn more praise in breaking records. In 2015 the Alpine skier broke Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s record of 62 FIS World Cup victories, set back in the 1970s. Von could now referred to as one of the most successful women skiers of all time. You go girl!
Let’s not forget about the woman who paved the way for us and also changed the way of NASCAR and IndyCar forever. Patrick was the first woman to ever win a Sprint Cup pole. Patrick inspired IndyCar driver Simona De Silvestro and Norwegian racing prospect Ayla Agren when she set gender records by leading laps and finishing fourth as a rookie in the 2005 Indy 500.
Patrick is an inspiration to young girls everywhere. Further declining to assess the gender terms in her career, Patrick made a difference in the racing world. No matter what year it is, she will always find herself as one of the most popular athletes of all time.
It comes in two. These two sisters sky rocketed to the top this past year in the world of softball. Sierra Romero a senior at the University of Michigan and Sydney Romero a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, made 2016 the year of sisters. While you would think the competition is at an all-time high for the two, they work to push each other to be the best they can be. Sierra is noted to be one of the best in the game earning herself 2016 player of the year. Sydney hopes to follow in her footsteps. The sisters are a true inspiration to players everywhere demonstrating that success and happiness can be reached when you work together (even if they are competition).
