Meet the top 10 richest married couples in athletics

New Delhi: There are several things that make the marriage of two greats in their respective sports, sometimes even the same sport, so intriguing. With both parties in the marriage bringing their hefty finances to the table, how much would the sports couple be worth together?Here are ten of the richest married couples in the world of sports:1. Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi / Couple's Net Worth: $205 MillionWhen the achievements of these two married tennis greats are combined, the resulting numbers are nothing short of stunning. Both Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi are among the very few players who have won the career Golden Slam, meaning they've won each of the Grand Slam events and an Olympic gold medal at least once.In fact, Steffi is the only player, male or female, to have achieved the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in 1998. With such achievements, it is no wonder that the two are the richest married couple in sports today.2. Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra / Couple's Net Worth: $35 MillionFootball superstar Mia Hamm and professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra met at a promotional event in Boston. There, Hamm faced Garciaparra in a shootout, which she won, something she was used to doing.After all, Mia once held the record for international goals scored among both men and women. She also won Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004, topped the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 and 1999, and was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002. Nomar, on the other hand, is no pushover in baseball. In fact, he is one of 13 players in Major League history to have hit two grand slams during a single game and is still the only player to have achieved this feat at his home stadium.3. Kristi Yamaguchi and Bret Hedican / Couple's Net Worth: $28.5 MillionThe paths of Kristi Yamaguchi and Bret Hedican crossed at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games. Kristi was competing in the women's figure skating event, while Bret was part of the USA Hockey Team. Only Yamaguchi scored an Olympic gold, but Hedican also scored a prize of his own: he met his future wife.It wasn't until 1995, however, when the two attended the opening of a hockey arena in Vancouver, that the two began dating. By Christmas Eve of 1998, Bret proposed to Kristi, and the two married in July of 2000.4. Laila Ali and Curtis Conway / Couple's Net Worth: $28 MillionUndefeated but now retired multi-titlist boxer Laila Ali met former AFL wide receiver Curtis Conway in 2005 when Curtis hosted a small get together, which Ali attended with a friend. After a long dating period, they married in July of 2007. Not surprisingly, one of the questions often asked of Conway is whether or not his boxer wife dominates the marriage.“She's a sweetie pie,” he says of the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali.5. Gabrielle Reece and Laird Hamilton / Couple's Net Worth: $25 MillionGabrielle Reece is a retired American professional beach volleyball player who has won numerous titles, including the first-ever Beach Volleyball World Championships in 1993. Her husband, Laird Hamilton, is an American big-wave surfer who, in 2000, recorded the heaviest wave ever ridden successfully. In fact, historians dub Hamilton as the “all-time best-of-the-best” among all big-wave surfers. Both Gabrielle and Laird are also big-time sports models. The are married for 16 years now.6. Candace Parker and Shelden Williams / Couple's Net Worth: $14 MillionShelden Williams is a former NBA star who currently plays for Tianjin Ronggang in China. Wife Candace Parker, on the other hand, has been playing with the Los Angeles Sparks since 2008. In fact, she was named WNBA Most Valuable Player in 2008 and 2013 and has won two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012). Shelden, though, has never been insecure about his wife's sterling accomplishments and is actually Candace's biggest fan.His fanaticism was on full display in October of 2012 when Williams blew up the Twitter world with a series of posts about the WNBA conference finals matchup between the LA Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx. Shelden's rants began after Candace didn't get to touch the ball in that last play of a losing effort despite her 33-point, 15-rebound, and 4-block output.7. Heather Mitts and A.J. Feeley / Couple's Net Worth: $12 MillionThen US Women's National Football Team member Heather Mitts was hanging out with her team when a teammate's boyfriend showed up with A.J. Feeley. The two eventually had a relationship. Mitts, aside from being a three-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008, 2012), was voted the 2001 sexiest player in the WUSA and the 2004 ESPN Hottest Female Athlete. Feeley, meanwhile, was an American football quarterback in the NFL.The public's attention didn't help the couple as the two went through an on-off dating phase. Everything seems to have ended well, however. In 2010, the two were married.8. Cammi Granato and Ray Ferraro / Couple's Net Worth: $11 MillionWhen Cammi Granato was unexpectedly cut from the US National Women's Ice Hockey team before the 2006 Olympics in Italy. The decision to leave Granato out eventually proved costly as the team was upset by Sweden in the semifinals of the 2006 Games, the first time the United States had lost internationally to a team other than Canada. At the forefront of the criticism after the performance was husband Ray Ferraro. In fact, his slamming of coach Ben Smith's failure to bring the best US players to the games were broadcast during the intermission of a men's game.But Ray wasn't simply an angry husband. He was, himself, a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who had played in the National Hockey League from 1984 to 2002. In fact, his nickname as a player was “Big Ball of Hate”. To wife Cammi, however, Ray is nothing but a “Big Ball of Love”. The couple have two sons together.Granato has since been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Hockey Hall of Fame.9. Nadia Comăneci and Bart Conner / Couple's Net Worth: $10.5 MillionAt the American Cup International gymnastics meet in New York City, Bart Conner, an American, and Nadia Comăneci, a Romanian, both won the championships.Fourteen years later, Comăneci escaped from communist Romania, allowing Bart to meet Nadia again. The two finally began dating when Nadia took a room in Bart's home in Oklahoma. In 1996, the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect ten in an Olympic gymnastic event (1980) and the 1984 men's parallel bars gold medalist married in Romania. They had a son in 2006.Today, the couple owns the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, the Perfect 10 Production Company, and several sports equipment shops. They are also heavily involved in charity work.10. Misty May and Matt Treanor / Couple's Net Worth: $9 MillionMatt Treanor is a baseball standout, having led NL catchers in caught-stealing percentage with 47.1% in 2006. However, his sports accomplishments pale in comparison to those of his wife, Misty May. The now-retired beach volleyball player is a tough act to follow as she is considered the best-ever with her 112 individual championship wins in domestic and international competitions, as well as her three World Championship gold medals (2003, 2005, 2007) and three Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012).The two met in 2003 at a sports therapy center in California when Matt was rehabbing a knee injury. At that time, Matt didn't even know who Misty was, but when he saw her, he knew he wanted to ask her out. Matt eventually got his way, and after dating for seven months, the two wed in November of 2004. The couple is currently expecting their firstborn.

Meet the top 10 richest married couples in athletics

New Delhi: There are several things that make the marriage of two greats in their respective sports, sometimes even the same sport, so intriguing. With both parties in the marriage bringing their hefty finances to

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