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Many women have revolutionized sports throughout history, whether by historic feats, sensual beauty, or off-court controversies.
The protagonists of this list are women who have taken advantage of the arrival of social networks to regularly attract followers from all over the world, especially when it comes to athletes from prominent sports like tennis and soccer.
Beautiful, talented and experts at posing for the cameras: these are the Latina athletes who have made the biggest impact throughout history.
The Ranking: Top 5 Most Famous Latina Athletes of All Time
Yulimar Rojas : Athletics
With her majestic performance at the Tokyo Olympics, Yulimar Rojas entered the athletics record books in 2021.
The Venezuelan athlete not only won the gold medal in the Triple Jump, but she also set a new world record with 15.67 meters. In addition, she has been crowned world champion on two occasions.
What it’s important to say about this girl is that, after her triumph in the Olympic Games, she dedicated herself to exploit her fame in different events, coupled with the fact that she remains very active in an Instagram account that currently has almost one million followers.
Yulimar has only love for her thousands of fans around the world, despite her imposing athletic appearance.
Gabriela Sabatini : Tennis
Gabriela Sabatini was the first Latin female star of world tennis, and finished her WTA career with a total of 41 titles between singles and doubles.
Beyond her victories in major tournaments, the Argentine tennis player was followed by a significant number of fans due to her undeniable physical beauty.
However, not everything about Sabatini is frivolous, as she began her business career after retiring from professional tennis, establishing herself as a rich businesswoman. However, through her Instagram account @sabatinigaby, she constantly shows images that prove that her feelings for tennis are intact.
Lorena Ochoa | Golf
Lorena Ochoa dominated women’s golf for much of the 2000’s, achieving 158 consecutive weeks as number one on the LPGA.
Despite success on the course and fame off the course also, the Mexican golfer retired surprisingly in 2010, after winning a total of 30 professional titles, including the 2007 British Open. Do you know the reason for this decision? She stepped away from professional golf to focus on her personal life, since months later she married Andrés Conesa Labastida.
In this way, Ochoa had the luxury of being the global face of a sport dominated by women from the United States and Europe.
Garbiñe Muguruza | Tennis
Garbiñe Muguruza is a tennis player who represents Spain, but she took her first steps in the world of tennis in her native Venezuela.
The 28-year-old has two Grand Slam titles to her name (U.S. Open and Wimbledon) and is ranked #3 in the WTA rankings entering the 2022 season.
The Hispanic Venezuelan currently has more than 900,000 followers on her Instagram account @garbimuguruza, where she constantly entertains her fans with videos that show her having a good time during tournaments. This is something that is appreciated by the hundreds of thousands of Hispanic followers who are very aware of her every step.
Remember that the US Open winner recently commented on the Novak Djokovic controversy at the Australian Open: she stated that the circumstances involving the Serbian’s refusal to get vaccinated had done a lot of damage to tennis ahead of the season’s first major tournament.
Mariana Pajón | BMX Cycling
Mariana Pajón became world-famous for being the absolute queen of BMX cycling after winning two Olympic gold medals and two world titles. The 30-year-old Colombian athlete has built one of the most successful careers for a woman in the world of sport, and is coming off a beach medal at Tokyo 2020.
Pajón remains active, so it is possible that we will see her competing in the next Olympic Games, where she will seek to continue making history for Latin American sport.
On Instagram, Mariana Pajón has the support of more than 2 million followers: this is a number that places her as the most followed athlete on this list.
