TONYA HARDING – BOXER

Tonya Maxene Harding is a competitive ice skater with a controversial story. Her story is well-known since there were multiple documentaries and movies about it, the latest being I, Tonya. Her career is, to a huge degree, filled with controversies and the most prominent one is Nancy Kerrigan’s accident. Along with this event, she was a rule-breaker, which led to the Figure Skating Association giving her a lifetime ban from the rink. Today, she won’t be found in ice skating rinks but in boxing rings.

Tonya is now a professional boxer and is probably earning the same or even more than her previous career. She may have been featured in her movie as a skater but she isn’t on this list because she veered away from being an athlete. She is still in the sports world but in a different field. She loves sports and is athletic through and through.