The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Burkina Faso

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This page contains a list of the greatest Burkinabe Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Burkina Faso. This makes Burkina Faso the birth place of the 131st most number of Athletes behind São Tomé and Príncipe, and Bermuda.

Top 5

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

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1. Hugues Fabrice Zango (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 35.36, Hugues Fabrice Zango is the most famous Burkinabe Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.

Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is the world indoor record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships. Zango competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the triple jump event, the first ever Olympic medal for Burkina Faso. He has also competed in World Championships, two African athletics championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, two Summer Universiades and two African Games. He became Burkina Faso's first-ever Olympic medalist, earning a bronze medal in Tokyo, and set the African triple jump record at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

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2. Richard Campbell (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Richard Campbell is the 2nd most famous Burkinabe Athlete.  Their biography has been translated into different languages.

Richard, Rich, Richie, or Dick Campbell may refer to:

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3. Faysal Sawadogo (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 0.00, Faysal Sawadogo is the 3rd most famous Burkinabe Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Faysal Sawadogo (born 22 September 1996) is a male taekwondo practitioner from Burkina Faso.

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4. Irakli Chkheidze (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 0.00, Irakli Chkheidze is the 4th most famous Burkinabe Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Irakli Chkheidze (Georgian: ირაკლი ჩხეიძე; born 5 January 1999) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division until 2018 and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).

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5. Marthe Koala (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 0.00, Marthe Koala is the 5th most famous Burkinabe Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Marthe Koala (born 8 March 1994) is a Burkinabe athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles, long jump and heptathlon. At the 2012 and the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles. She also competed in the women's heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was injured during the shot put and was unable to participate in the remaining four events. At the 2023 World Athletics Championships she competed in the long jump and ended in 7th place.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Burkinabe athletes born between 1993 and 1999. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Burkinabe athletes include Hugues Fabrice Zango, Richard Campbell, and Faysal Sawadogo. As of April 2024, 4 new Burkinabe athletes have been added to Pantheon including Richard Campbell, Faysal Sawadogo, and Irakli Chkheidze.

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