Hottest female athletes of 2012

Netherlands women's field hockey team
Quickly gaining attention as the "best looking team in the Games", the lovely ladies of the Dutch field hockey team have more to offer viewers than just their hockey skills. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Stephanie Rice
Australian Swimmer Stephanie Rice won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics but this year she's making headlines for tweeting racy pictures of herself, including one of her dressed as a sexy police officer. (Photo by Gaye Gerard/Getty Images)

Brazilian women's volleyball team
Why choose just one when there are so many crush-worthy players on Brazil's volleyball team? And they're not just pretty faces, they're also the defending Olympic gold medalists after beating the USA in Beijing. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Alex Morgan
U.S. soccer champ Alex Morgan is brains and beauty, having graduated early from the University of California, Berkeley. She went onto be the youngest player on USA's roster at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and scored her team's first goal at the London Olympics. Check out more photos of Alex here. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Lolo Jones
Lolo Jones is an American track and field athlete who specializes in hurdles. Her exotic features come from her mixed background of Native American, African, French and Norwegian. Recently the Olympic beauty revealed on Twitter that she is a virgin. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

Leryn Franco
Paraguayan track and field star, Leryn Franco, is a model who happens to be an athlete. Franco even admits that she’s more famous for her beauty than prowess. She's modeled in numerous magazines and in 2006 she was runner-up in the Miss Universe Paraguay contest. Check out more photos of Leryn here. (Photo by Eduardo G Biscayart/LatinContent/Getty Images)

Maria Sharapova
Russia's Maria Sharapova is ranked world #3 in tennis, but she's also a prominent model and spokesperson. She's appeared in campaigns for big brands like Nike, Tag Heuer and Canon and has been the face of several fashion houses including Cole Haan. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images for Tag Heuer)

Keri-Anne Payne
British open water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne's adorable face is only a cover for her fearlessness. She’s encountered dead dogs, jellyfish and even sharks in previous races. (Original Image by Clive Rose/Getty Images for British Gas)

Jessica Ennis
Nicknamed the "golden girl" of British athletics, world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis's flawless physique has already earned her a small fortune from sponsorship deals with Powerade, BP, Adidas and Olay. (Photo by adidas via Getty Images)

Daniela Hantuchova
Slovakian tennis star Daniela Hantuchova appeared nude in the 2012 edition of ESPN: The Magazine "The Body Issue." She was on one of the six special edition covers. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Allyson Felix
Team USA’s Allyson Felix is the only woman to be a three-time Athletics World Championship gold medalist. She was nicknamed “Chicken Legs” in high school, but her now perfectly built muscular body is far from that. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist Victoria Pendleton won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games the same day she went public about her taboo relationship with her coach and "betrayed" her teammates. She regained some fans by appearing on the cover of FHM in 2009. (WENN.com)