Sports media can be a difficult world for women. They are often ridiculed for their looks. This is not the case for everyone. Linda Cohn, an ESPN trailblazer, has paved the way. Cohn is one of the network's most versatile personalities since her 1992 hire.
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick is an NASCAR race car driver who has been awarded numerous championships. She has won many championships and been named the sport’s most-loved driver several times. Outside of her racing career, Danica is a fitness enthusiast and philanthropist. Danica is loved for her attractive personality and fit physique.
Patrick started her career as a driver of karts. She quickly became a racer. She became the youngest person to win the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and is currently the only female driver to win the IndyCar Series. She continues breaking female sports records.
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn, a well-known skier who is also a world-class athlete, is well-known. She is one of most decorated women in history of the sport. She has won many world titles, including the downhill world championships, three world championships in a row, and the overall world cup championship. She is also a role example for women involved in sports.
Lindsey Vonn, who was born in Minnesota, began skiing early. At the age of seven, she began competing in races and later made it to international competitions. She competed in World Junior Championships, World Cup events, becoming a World Cup champ in 2004. Vonn was awarded the overall World Cup title in 2008, and again in 2010.
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan's interest in figure skating began at a young age. At the age of five, she followed her older sister on the ice and fell in love with it. Danny and Estella Kwan, her parents, were immigrants from Hong Kong, China. The Kwans met at a reunion of school. Her father worked for the telephone company and her mother ran the Golden Pheasant restaurant in Torrance, California. Michelle started serious training at age eight. She would practice for between three and four hours per day. The time commitment was so high that her family had difficulty paying for it.
Kwan hired Rafael Arutyunyan in 2003 as her coach. The pair skated to "The Feeling Begins" in the short program and "Tosca” in the long program. Kwan tied Maribel Vison-Owen's record of nine titles in U.S. ladies' figure skating at the U.S. Championships. Kwan qualified for Turin's Olympic Games the following year. However, at the World Championships, Kwan fell on a triple salchow and two-footed a triple lutz.
Cari Champion
Cari Champion is a well-known broadcast journalist in the sports world. She is the anchor of the noon edition on ESPN's flagship broadcast show, and she hosts the Be Honest podcast with Cari Champion. She has extensive experience in broadcast journalism and sports knowledge. She will actually speak on the 2019 program track "Pushing to the Limits Human Performance."
Cari Champion is a Pasadena native who attended UCLA. She has one older sister, and two younger siblings. She has never been married, and she is not in a relationship with anyone.
Li Na
Li Na is a very well-known Chinese tennis player. As the daughter of an Olympic athlete, her dreams were thwarted by political strife, she rose from humble beginnings. Now, she is one of the world's best tennis players and one of the richest women. Most of her Chinese compatriots hadn't seen her play before her fame.
She is known for her self-confidence, and her ability to inspire young Chinese. But her work is not only limited to sports. Li Na is also a prominent cultural entrepreneur, and her influence extends beyond sports.