Venus Ebony Star Williams is born on June 17, 1980). She is an American professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 41 as in October 8, 2012 in singles.She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions. Again she became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002 as becoming the first African American woman who achieve this feat during the Open Era.Venus Williams has won four gold medals in Olympic. Among these one in singles and other three in women's doubles. She and her sister Serena Williams also have won more Olympic gold medals than any other female tennis player. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at the same Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody in 1924. Now Venus Williams is dating Cuban model, Elio Pis. Pis and Williams met when he modeled for their fashion line eleven and has been a visible presence at her tournaments lately.