Leryn Franco

Leryn Franco

Leryn Franco (born March 1, 1982) is a javelin thrower from Paraguay who finances her Olympic dream with a legitimate modeling career. Find more pictures, videos and articles about Leryn Franco here.

 
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Hottest Olympian at Beijing Olympics 2008 Leryn Franco Leryn Margarita Franco Montes (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan athlete who specializes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 55.38 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza the sexiest and hottest Leryn Franco Photos and Leryn Franco Picture Franco again competed for Paraguay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, throwing 15 meters short of her personal record, finishing 51st overall. Leryn Franco In 2006 she was runner-up Miss Universo Paraguay 2006. She participated at the Miss Bikini Universe pageant and also has her own calendar which was shot in 2007 by ... Read Full Story
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Here is my tribute to the four sexiest female athletes in the world: Anna Kornikova, Simona Halep, Leryn Franco and Allison Stokke. Until these four women came around I have to admit I didn’t find female athletes particularly sexy but these incredible looking, beautiful, sexy female athletes changed my mind. This page is my tribute to them, listed in first name alphabetical order. Oh before I go on, If you want to keep seeing more of these features, if you need to buy a gift or present for yourself and want to buy it at discount, please check out our large Discount Gift Store ... Read Full Story
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According to Serbian Kurir magazine and some other international press, Novak Djokovic did win a trophy in Beijing...and that's the hottest female athlete, Paraguayan javelin thrower Leryn Franco! The beautiful Leryn was spotted attending all Novak's matches, and she was even seen as sitting with Serbian delegation during his matches! The 26-year old Franco is competing in her second Olympics, thanks to a burgeoning modeling career that gave her the financial support to continue competing in javelin competitions. Leryn Franco finished 42nd overall at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two years later, she was in 2006 the runner-up in the Miss Paraguay competition and the ... Read Full Story
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We've introduced you to Paraguayan javelin thrower / model Leryn Franco back in October , but she's currently making waves for being Yahoo's second most-searched athlete, right behind Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps. That's probably more because of her supplemental occupation and a bathing suit and underwear model than because of her athletic ability. Leryn only placed 51st in javelin throwing. Which is better than we did, but still. Discover the reason so many brand new sports enthusiasts are suddenly so very interested in Leryn, after the jump: Yup. Its always all about the booty. And here we were thinking we were the ... Read Full Story
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Lerynita! Que paso! Sad news in the sports world today as Paraguay's Leryn Franco--the lovely Olympian we fell in love with after we discovered Bia and Branca Feres --skewered her chances of competing for another day when she fell really short of the leaderboard. Leryn Franco finished second to last, leaving her out of the Olympics for the duration of the games, but providing her plenty of time to create another calendar . Please! You know, she can do a mid-2008 to 2009, 18 month calendar and sell that sucker for $5 at any participating Barnes 'N' Noble . Now that would be some ... Read Full Story
Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible, and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and the catwalk,” Leryn Franco said of her modeling career.  Franco is an Olympic javelin thrower.
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Leryn Franco (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan model and athlete who specializes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 5.38 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza.






2004 Summer Olympics - Athens

Franco competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Paraguay where she was 21st in Group A and finished 42nd overall.

 

2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing

Franco again competed for Paragay at the 2008 Peking Olimpycs and finished 51st overall. Had she done her personal best (55.38 m = 181' 8 3/8") she would have placed.


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