Regan Smith — Swimming
Minnesota-born Regan Smith is a prodigious swimmer, currently holding world records for the 100 and 200-meter backstroke. At the tender age of 18, she was awarded the coveted Swimmer of the Year title in 2019.
Besides her individual achievements, Smith also shares a world record as part of the USA women’s 4x100m Medley Relay team. With her unyielding commitment and extraordinary talent, Smith’s future in swimming holds immense promise, leaving spectators anticipating the new records she is bound to set.
Daniela Hantuchová — Tennis
Emerging from the verdant heartland of Slovakia, Daniela Hantuchová is known as a luminary in the pantheon of tennis, now bequeathing her legacy after retirement. As a fledgling, she traced the footsteps of her older sibling to tennis classes, eventually succumbing to the magnetic pull of the sport. Embracing her destiny, she ascended to the professional echelons in 1999.
Her trajectory underwent a dramatic surge in 2002 when she emerged victorious from her inaugural WTA tournament. Merely months on, her prowess in the Australian Open quarterfinals of 2003 propelled her to the global pinnacle of No. 5. Hantuchová’s grandiloquent achievements kept tennis aficionados enthralled until her career reached its denouement with a retirement proclamation in July 2017.