Meet The Four Little-Known Athletes Who Got Picked For This Year's Swimsuit Issue

June 2024 · 3 minute read
2013-02-12T15:47:00Z

The four athletes in this year's SI Swimsuit Issue are only famous in a few small corners of the Internet.

But after the magazine hits news stands today, they stand to get much bigger.

SI made great short videos of each athlete that you should watch.

We pulled out the key details.

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This is Alana Blanchard

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She's a 22-year-old surfer from Hawaii who has been surfing since she was four

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Blanchard got to design special bikinis for the shoot

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She helped design a bikini line for Rip Curl in 2011, so she has experience

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She said, "This has seriously been a dream of mine ever since I was little."

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One of the SI producers said of her, "She's an amazing athlete, but also an amazing model."

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Her photoshoot took place in Las Vegas

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This is Michelle Jenneke

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She's a 19-year-old Australian hurdler who competes in the 100 meters

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You might know her from this warm-up dance

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Jenneke got famous over the summer when an old video of her dance went viral

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During the photoshoot she got the photographer to do the dance

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Even though she got famous off her good looks, she's still in school and wants to be an engineer

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"I looked at the pictures and I was like, 'Wow, is that really me?'"

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This is Ellen Hoog (right) and Eva de Goede (left)

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They both won gold medals in London as members of the Dutch field hockey team

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Said SI, "They're representing the new athlete — they're viral, they're successful, they're gorgeous."

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During the Olympics, the Dutch team became an Internet sensation because of their good looks

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Before the Olympics they trained 10 times a week, but now they say they're enjoying their time off

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They said they were nervous at first

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Unlike Blanchard, they didn't have any modeling experience, but they say they got used to it

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Head over to SI for all things Swimsuit

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Click here to see the Alana Blanchard video >

Click here to see the Michelle Jenneke video >

Click here to see the Dutch field hockey video >

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