Her career was at an all time high in the 80’s. She decided to leave the sport in 1989 after winning 154 single titles, 18 Grand Slam singles, and 32 double titles. From 303 tournaments that she entered, she reached 273 semifinals.
Her final match was so appropriately, a win. Apart from her career, Chris was married three times to fellow athletes. Her third marriage also ended in divorce in 2009. She currently runs a tennis academy in Florida and contributes to Tennis magazine.
Sharon Bruneau – Then
She began her career as a successful model, until a bad case of pneumonia led her to lose a lot of weight. After recovering from the illness, she began to lift weights in order to put on weight and go back to modeling. Hoping to go back to modeling, she was then rejected by modeling agencies for her new “larger” frame.
So, Sharon decided to try her luck at bodybuilding and found great success, appearing on the covers of Muscle & Fitness and Flex. Weider Health and Fitness publications signed her on as their first ever female representative from 1991-1998.
Sharon Bruneau – Now
Sharon retired from bodybuilding after the 1994 Ms. Olympia contest and switched instead to fitness competitions but shortly left that a year later. She has held small roles in films including Paste.
Nowadays, she can be found inspiring others through motivational workshops in which she discusses how health and fitness impacted her life.
Chris Evert Lloyd – Then
Chris started playing tennis at the age of 5, thanks to her father Jimmy who was a professional coach and winner of men’s singles at the Canadian Championships in 1947. She made her professional debut in 1971 at the Grand Slam tournament at the young age of 16.
She quickly began to reign over women’s tennis and her undefeatable status was celebrated. She consistently won seven French Open singles, a record which remained unbroken for 27 years.
Nancy Kerrigan – Then
While her family wasn’t exactly financially equipped to deal with the high costs involved in professional figure skating, her father did everything in his power to help his daughter make her dreams come true. Daniel Kerrigan worked 3 jobs to be able to support her passion, including driving the ice resurfaced at a local rink in Stoneham, Massachusetts in exchange for Nancy’s lessons.
In 1987, Nancy took fourth place at the junior U.S Figure Skating Championships and her jumping skills and talent became widely recognized.