Over a week when Kim Clijsters called time (again) on a superwoman career, and record-breaking Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova called in sick, we find out a US Olympian is secretly a call girl

Favor-Hamilton, who has a career as a motivational speaker and in real estate, has been in a Nike commercial as well as doing promotional work for Disney running projects.

Her All-American girl mystique includes the Big Ten Conference college Female Athlete of the Year trophy bearing her name. The men's counterpart award bears the name of US track legend and 1936 Olympic hero Jesse Owens.

Favor-Hamilton lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, Mark, who was aware of her double life, according to the report.

"He tried to get me to stop," she told the website. "He wasn't supportive of this at all."

Favor-Hamilton brought up the secret sex life of golf star Tiger Woods, who was revealed to have cheated on his ex-wife with numerous women, in saying how invincible world-class athletes feel about actions outside of competition.

"He's the biggest athlete ever," she told The Smoking Gun. "He obviously thought he could never get caught."