The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Bhutan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Bhutanese Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in Bhutan. This makes Bhutan the birth place of the 159th most number of Athletes behind Republic of the Congo, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Top 2

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

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1. Karma (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 36.94, Karma is the most famous Bhutanese Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Karma (born 6 June 1990) is a Bhutanese recurve archer from Trashiyangtse in eastern Bhutan and lives at Thimphu also in Bhutan.

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2. Lenchu Kunzang (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 20.67, Lenchu Kunzang is the 2nd most famous Bhutanese Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 6 different languages.

Lenchu Kunzang (born 10 February 1992) is a Bhutanese sports shooter who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bhutanese athletes born between 1990 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bhutanese athletes include Karma, and Lenchu Kunzang. As of April 2024, 2 new Bhutanese athletes have been added to Pantheon including Karma, and Lenchu Kunzang.

Living Bhutanese Athletes

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Newly Added Bhutanese Athletes (2024)

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