The 50 Most Googled Female Athletes of 2012

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50. Francesca Piccinini



Google Results From Past Year: 71,400
You may not have heard of her (unless you happened to read our list of the hottest female athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics), but volleyball player is pretty popular in Italy.

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49. Kim Yu-Na



Google Results From Past Year: 72,400
South Korea’s Kim Yu Na won gold in figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics; however, that was two years ago, so she’s just barely handing in there on our top 50 list.

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48. Luciana Aymar



Google Results From Past Year: 75,000
In Argentina they call this field hockey player “La Maradona del hockey.” And that’s probably fair, since Aymar has been named World Player of the Year an unprecedented 7 times.

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47. Simona Halep


Google Results From Past Year: 76,300
Romania’s Simona Halep (the 47th ranked women’s tennis player in the world) had breast reduction surgery back in 2009 in hopes of improving her game. That hasn’t hurt her presence on the web.

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46. Yanina Wickmayer



Google Results From Past Year: 86,100
Yanina Wickmayer is ranked 23rd in the world, but I think she’s popular just because people like saying “Ya-NINA.”

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45. Vera Zvonareva



Google Results From Past Year: 87,900
Speaking of awesome names, if Vera Zvonareva isn’t the best name in women’s tennis I don’t know what is. Anyway, though she has fallen from a career-best #2 ranking all the way down to #96, she’s still popular on the web. (I assume this has something to do with the fact that she is gorgeous.)