The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Bangladesh

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This page contains a list of the greatest Bangladeshi Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, NaN of which were born in Bangladesh. This makes Bangladesh the birth place of the 0th most number of Athletes.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bangladeshi Athletes of all time. This list of famous Bangladeshi Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ruman Shana (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ruman Shana is the most famous Bangladeshi Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages on wikipedia.

Mohammad Ruman Shana (Bengali: রোমান সানা; born 8 June 1995) is a Bangladeshi archer. He won the bronze medal in recurve single's event of 2019 World Archery Championships and became the first Bangladeshi archer in history to win a medal in the competition. He lives in Khulna. Shana won gold in the men's singles recurve category at the 2019 Asia Cup in the Philippines.

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2. Abdullah Hel Baki (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 0.00, Abdullah Hel Baki is the 2nd most famous Bangladeshi Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Abdullah Hel Baki (born 1 August 1989) is a Bangladeshi sports shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Prior to the Olympic games he also won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also won a bronze medal during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Abdullah Hel Baki was also the flag bearer for Bangladesh at the 2018 Commonwealth Games during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations. He also claimed the nation's first medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games after clinching a silver medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event.

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3. Diya Siddique (b. 2004)

With an HPI of 0.00, Diya Siddique is the 3rd most famous Bangladeshi Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Diya Siddique (born 19 February 2004) is a Bangladeshi archer. On 23 May 2021, she along with Ruman Shana claimed silver medal in the recurve mixed team event during the 2021 Archery World Cup where Bangladesh emerged as runners-up to Netherlands in the final. Despite losing the final 5–1, it was the best performance by Bangladesh at an Archery World Championship. It also marked the first instance whereas Bangladesh managed to reach final in an event of Archery World Cup.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Bangladeshi athletes born between 1989 and 2004. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bangladeshi athletes include Ruman Shana, Abdullah Hel Baki, and Diya Siddique. As of April 2024, 3 new Bangladeshi athletes have been added to Pantheon including Ruman Shana, Abdullah Hel Baki, and Diya Siddique.

Living Bangladeshi Athletes

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