Determine the female Olympic athletes who have posed in magazines
Olympic female track athletes pose in nude calendar (1999)
Brandi Chastain, poses nude behind a soccer ball in Gear Magazine (1999)
Jenny Thompson, shirtless in Sports Illustrated, her breasts covered by her own clenched fists (2000)
Listed above are a few of the notable female Olympic pin-ups. Conduct your own research to determine the female Olympic athletes who have posed in magazines more recently (post-2010).
Please answer the following:
Magazine:
Olympic Athlete (Sport) that posed:
How do the photos portray the athlete:
Was there an article on the athlete? If so, what was the content?
Do you believe that female athlete become more empowered when they decide to take their clothes off to get greater exposure or do you feel that these efforts to promote the sport are demeaning to female athletes?
A former world record holder in the 200m breast stroke, Team USA legend Beard appeared across four Olympics from 1996 to 2012.
Incredibly, she has seven medals to her name, including four gold medals.
However, shortly before Beijing 2008 the swimmer bared all.
She explained: “I wanted to show people what an athletic body looks like, to be able to overcome my own fears and try to be confident in who I was. So I put myself out there.”
American track and field athlete Amy was famed for her high-jump.
She took part in five Olympics games, where her most memorable performance came in 2004 with a jump of 1.99 m earning her fourth place in the final.
That same year, the blonde beauty was a cover star for Playboy clutching a pair of trainers and wearing sporty attire.
Copies are still available to buy on eBay for £5.
The 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics belonged to Witt, who clinched gold in figure skating in both years.
Least we not forget her general domination of the sport – four World Championships and six European Championships under her belt too.
But the belt came off for the 1998 December edition of Playboy, with the magazine selling out for only the second time in its history – the first being a sexy Marilyn Monroe shoot
Gauss starred alongside fellow athletes Christina Schütze, Christin Steuer, Regina Sergeeva and Angela Maurer, in the German version of Playboy in 2012
The timing of the shoot coincided with her appearance at the Women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Although she ditched her overalls, she kept her gun for the sizzling snaps.