FANNY BLANKERS-KOEN
TRACK AND FIELD
NET WORTH: $5 MILLION

Francina Elsje Blankers-Koen, also known as Fanny, is a Dutch track and field athlete who was born in Baarn, Netherlands on April 26, 1918. She would have been 102 years old today had she been alive. Fanny is famous for winning four gold medals in the Summer Olympic gold medals in London back in 1948. This was the reason she got chosen to be the captain of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, the International Association of Athletics Federation named Fanny the Female Athlete of the Century. This does not come as a surprise given the fact she grew up very talented and skilled in sports such as fencing, gymnastics, tennis, swimming, and — the sport she loved the most — running. She was only 17 years old when she first competed back in 1935. Later in life as she became a wife and a mother she continued to excel in track and field, hence she was nicknamed, The Flying Housewife.

Before she passed on at the age of 85, Fanny had a net worth that was estimated to be around $1 million to $5 million, which meant that to this day her family must be benefiting from all of her investments.