Top 25 of 2016: #1 Sam Quek

The number one and top girl on the Top 25 of 2016 list is British Hockey player Sam Quek. Sam won Gold with the British Hockey team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, beating the Dutch team in the final. That Gold is still moderate success compared to some of her contempory's with multiple medals and other World Championships. Sam garnered huge hits by them entering the UK Celebrity Game Show ~I'm a Celebrity get Me Out of Here" which saw her hits sky rocket, She ultimately would finish 4th in that (which isn't considered in her success ratio)

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Top 25 of 2016: #2 Dafne Schippers

Dutch Sprinter Dafne is second place in this years top list. A fall of one place from 2015 when she was 1st on the Top 25. She was also second in 2014 so has finished in the top 2 every year we have run this Top 25 list. Despite a huge level of expectation going into the Olympics after her 2015 World Championships performance, Dafne only came out with a Silver in the 200m and finished down in fifth in the 100m Sprint. She has always been a hugely popular page on HWiS, as evidenced by her consistently high finishes in the Top 25. She first featured on the site in August 2014.

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Top 25 of 2016: #3 Jenny Rissveds

Swedish Mountain Biker Jenny Rissveds, who finished 10th in 2015 in the top 25, has now moved up to 3rd in the list. This is massively in part to her Gold Medal in the Mountain Bike in the Rio Olympics. She also was U23 World Champion in the Cross Country.  Jenny first featured on the site in February 2015, and she has always been amongst the most popular on the website.

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Top 25 of 2016: #4 Pernille Blume

Pernille Blume had a wonderful 2016. The 22 year old Danish swimmer won two Olympic medals in Freestyle. One in Gold at 50m and one at Bronze in 4X100m Medley relay. The Gold was Denmarks first in the pool since 1948. As a consequence Pernille was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony for the Danes. Pernille first featured on the site in December 2014, and has also featured a best of Instagram feature. Pernille is one of HWiS most popular girls, culminating a special Gallery made of all of the various pictures we have featured.

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