Top 25 of 2016: #5 Gabriela Soukalova

Fifth spot this year goes to Biathlon athlete Gabriela Soukalova, or as she is now known followed this years marraige Gabriela Koukalova. Gabriela had a great year on the Biathlon World Cup, Winning the Overall event, with Pursuit, Sprint and Mass Start wins leading her to that. She finished third in Individual. The 27 year old Czech faired less well at the World Championships with two Fourth places as her best performances. She first featured on the site on November 2015 and has had huge popularity ever since, with the most page views in 2016.

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Top 25 of 2016: #6 Natalia Gaudio

the 6th spot on this years list goes to Brazilian Gymnast Natalia Gaudio. The 24 year old Olympian represented her country on home soil in the 2016 Olympics. Although she finished extremely lowly in the Olympics she still had a hugely succesful year culminating in her appearance so high up the top 25. Between the Pan American Games and the South American Championships, Natalia won 10 Golds and 5 Silvers. She first featured on the site in August just before the Olympics and has been popular ever since

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Top 25 of 2016: #7 Yana Kudryavtseva

The 19 year old Russian is in at 7th in the list. She won a solitary Silver at the Olympics, but such was the interest and attention this brief appearance at the end of the Olympics got, that she had a massive number of hits. The blonde bombshell has a Instagram account full of bikini selfies which helps to populate this page. HWiS featured her during the Olympics on 20th August in 2016. The silver she won came in the All-Around. Yana also won a Gold at the European Championships in Holon, Israel, in the All-Around

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Top 25 of 2016: #8 Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo is the 8th place on this years top of the year list. Ranomi is one of a rare breed on this years top 25 list, not medalling at the Olympics. Only one girl ranking higher didn't win a medal. She finished in the final in two individual events and also in the relay. Her great success came at the World Short Course Championships with a Gold, 3 silvers a bronze, and at the Long Course European Championships she won 3 golds and a silver.

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