Sexiest Sportswoman

FACT FILE
Full name: Leryn Dahiana Franco Stenery
Gender: Female
Height: 5’9″ (174 cm)
Weight: 119 lbs (54 kg)
Born: March 1, 1982 (Age 32) in Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
Country: Paraguay
Sport: Athletics
Leryn Dahiana Franco Steneri (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan model and athlete and considered the sexiest sportswoman. She specializes in the javelin throw and became an Internet sensation during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her personal best throw is 57.77 metres, achieved in June 2012 in Barquisimeto.
Born in Paraguay of Uruguayan parentage she broke the national records for the under 17 year age group in 1998 for both the javelin and triple jump. After winning bronze medals in 1999 and 2000 Franco won the South American Junior Championship javelin title in 2001. Franco was South American under 23 champion in 2004.
Her performances at world level are 24th in the 2003 World Championship and 42nd out of 45 at the Athens Olympics. Although she set her personal best in 2007 she finished 12th (last) in the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
She combines her athletic endeavours with a career as a model and beauty pageant contestant. Franco was the runner-up in the Miss Paraguay competition in 2006 and also in the Miss Bikini Universe pageant the same year.
Modeling and beauty pageants
Franco appeared in the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
She has competed in several beauty pageants. In 2006 she was runner-up Miss Universe Paraguay 2006. She participated in the Miss Bikini of the Universe pageant. Franco has her own calendar, which was photographed in 2007.
Personal bests
• Javelin throw: 57.77 m NR – Barquisimeto, 8 June 2012