IN a historic event, three siblings will be headed to the Tokyo Olympics.
The Korda family might be the first family group to represent America at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Who are Jessica, Nelly and Sebastian Korda?
Jessica, Nelly, and Sebastian Korda are all athletes taking a run at the Olympics.
Jessica Korda
Jessica, 28, is a professional golfer who plays on the LPGA tour.
She ranked in the top 15 of the Rolex Women’s World Rankings following a win at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, followed by back-to-back top-threes at the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open and the Pure Silk Championship.
Jessica is currently ranked among the top four Americans.
Following in her older sister’s footsteps, Nelly Korda, 22, is also a professional golfer who competes on the LPGA tour, where she has won six times.
On June 27, 2021, Nelly won the Women’s PGA Championship and became the first U.S. female golfer to be ranked No. 1 in the world since Stacy Lewis back in 2014.
Nelly leads qualifies for the U.S. Olympics women’s golf team.
Baby brother Sebastian Korda, 20, is giving the Olympics a run as a tennis player.
While only four men can qualify for the U.S. men’s tennis team, Sebastian is currently the fifth American in line for a spot at the cut off earlier in June, but sources have said at least two of the men above him will decline their spots.
Who are Jessica, Nelly and Sebastian Korda’s parents?
The Korda siblings get their athletic abilities from their parents.
Jessica, Nelly, and Sebastian are the children of tennis super-stars Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova.
Petr, 53, won the 1998 Australian Open and was ranked No. 2 that same year.
Throughout his career, he has one Grand Slam title.
Regina, 53, is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and competed for their national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Her career-high ranking is No. 26.
When are the Tokyo Olympics?
While the women’s golf and men’s tennis Olympic rosters have not been released yet, the Korda siblings all have good chances of representing the United States.
