April 05, 2011
They are millionaires and celebrities. Are the ten women who earn more money in professional sports.
Some have gained through their professional accomplishments, others for their beauty and advertising contracts, but most of the perfect combination of both.
Mixture that was to become millionaires, with revenue surpassing many well-known male athletes at the time by all the money that is able to pocket.
In De10.mx we present the list of the richest female athletes of the medium, according to the website diez.hn.
1. Maria Sharapova, 23. He won in 2010 about $ 24 million.
Which carries the title of queen is Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, who is now considered the world's highest-paid woman in sports. And is that a contract with Nike, he says $ 96 million over the next eight years.
In addition, the tennis player is considered one of the best in their sport. As evidence are his three singles titles, including the Grand Slam.
2. Serena Williams, 29. In 2010 won a $ 19.8 million.
The smallest of the famous tennis player Venus Williams, just last year was in the place of Sharapova, which entered the Guinness record, but has fallen sharply this year comes in second with $ 19.8 million.
But this is too little to the shareholder of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, which in 2003 signed an advertising contract between $ 40 and $ 60 million with Nike.
3. Venus Williams, 30. In 2010 won a $ 15.1 million.
Serena's sister could not stay behind, and though his fortune is not so great, Venus has been accommodated in various advertising campaigns that have left more than $ 15 million this year.
But advertising is only a consequence of his great performance in tennis. Venus is the Wimbledon champion five times, twice winning the U.S. Open and 43 Women's Tennis Association (WTA), to name a few. In 2002, the elder sister of Williams became the first African American world number one ranking in the WTA.
4. Danica Patrick, 28. In 2010 won a $ 11.8 million.
He has won the race track giving a feminine touch to the NASCAR formula. At just 28 years this is the first woman pilot to win a race in the IndyCar Series.
In 2005 he was named rookie of the year and has been invited to participate in various campaigns, such as Sports Illustrated magazine. Today it has a fortune of $ 11.8 million.
5. Yu-Na Kim, 20 years. In 2010 won a $ 9.6 million.
It has world championship titles and Olympic figure skater and ice. This has been recognized by different companies that have offered millionaires pay some advertising campaigns, such as Nike, Samsung and Hyundai, with whom he won $ 9.6 million this year alone.
6. Annika Sorenstam, 40. In 2010 won a $ 7.9 million.
The golfer's retreat from 2008 no longer make money, and that is the holder of an image that counts, it will still continue to offer great amounts of money to represent various brands.
The golfer, at one time was considered the number one in the world. Three years after his retirement has taken $ 7.9 million for advertising.
7. Ana Ivanovic, 23. He won in 2010 about $ 7.5 million.
The beauty of Serbia has helped to capture several advertising campaigns, such as Adidas.
8. Jelena Jankovic, 25. In 2010 won a $ 5.2 million.
Another professional tennis player who was once number one in the WTA rankings, is a Serbia that only last year won $ 5.2 million.
9. Paula Creamer, 24. He won in 2010 about $ 5 million.
The American golfer had an injury that left her out of any game in the middle of 2010, but that does not stop him from achieving anything bad amount of $ 5 million.
Creamer has been participating in various promotions to increase its nothing bad fortune.
10. Lorena Ochoa, 29. In 2010 won a $ 4.9 million.
Mexican golfer who once ranked as the world number one, has continued to reap success, even though it withdrew from the world of professional sports, in April 2009 only.
But this was not enough for the wealth of Mexico's fall, only in 2010 did $ 4.9 million in sponsorships.
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