The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Dominican Republic

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This page contains a list of the greatest Dominican Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Dominican Republic. This makes Dominican Republic the birth place of the 138th most number of Athletes behind The Gambia, and Guatemala.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Dominican Athletes of all time. This list of famous Dominican Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Dominican Athletes.

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1. Marileidy Paulino (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 35.46, Marileidy Paulino is the most famous Dominican Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996) is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres event, becoming only the third person from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic gold medal. Paulino also took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she also earned silver and gold in the mixed 4×400 m relay respectively, running legs of 48.7 s in 2021 and 48.47 s in 2022. Since May 2023, Paulino is the 400 m ranked world No. 1. Paulino won the silver medal in the 200 meters at the 2019 Military World Games and gold for the 400 m at the 2022 Ibero-American Championships and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. She won the 2022 Diamond League 400 m title. She is the Dominican Republic record holder for the indoor 60 m, 200 m indoors and out, and 400 m.

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2. Luguelín Santos (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 29.60, Luguelín Santos is the 2nd most famous Dominican Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Luguelín Miguel Santos Aquino (born 12 November 1992) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialises in the 400 m. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of nineteen. His personal best is 44.11 seconds. Santos emerged with two gold medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and made his senior breakthrough at the 2011 Pan American Games, taking individual and relay silver medals with Dominican national record times. He belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO.

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3. Lidio Andrés Feliz (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 19.76, Lidio Andrés Feliz is the 3rd most famous Dominican Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Lidio Andrés Feliz (born 26 June 1997) is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic. He won three major medals as part of Dominican mixed 4 × 400 metres relays, including silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and gold at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Feliz claimed the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.

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4. Leul Gebresilase (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 0.00, Leul Gebresilase is the 4th most famous Dominican Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Leul Gebresilase (born 20 September 1992) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the silver medal at the 2022 London Marathon. In 2015, Gebresilase earned silver in the 5000 metres at the African Games held in Brazzaville, Congo with a time of 13:22.13. Two year later, he came second at the Valencia Half Marathon. In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. He finished in 10th place. The following year, he finished in 8th place in the men's race at the 2019 London Marathon held in London, United Kingdom. Also in 2019 in December, Gebresilase won Valencia Marathon. He competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland, finishing 10th. In 2021, Gebresilase placed third at the Amsterdam Marathon. In April 2022, he finished second at the Rotterdam Marathon to repeat this achievement in October at the 2022 London Marathon, his first medal from a World Marathon Major.

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5. Yuliana Angulo (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 0.00, Yuliana Angulo is the 5th most famous Dominican Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Yuliana Elizabeth Angulo Jama (born 6 July 1994) is an Ecuadorian sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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6. Crismery Santana (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Crismery Santana is the 6th most famous Dominican Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Crismery Dominga Santana Peguero (born 20 April 1995) is a Dominican Republic weightlifter.

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7. Yefri Pérez (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 0.00, Yefri Pérez is the 7th most famous Dominican Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Yefri Pérez Martínez (born February 24, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Bravos de León of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins.

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8. Annerys Vargas (b. 1981)

With an HPI of 0.00, Annerys Vargas is the 8th most famous Dominican Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

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9. Josué Domínguez (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 0.00, Josué Domínguez is the 9th most famous Dominican Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Josué Domínguez Ramos (born 20 November 1996) is a swimmer from the Dominican Republic. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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10. Oleksandr Kovalenko (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Oleksandr Kovalenko is the 10th most famous Dominican Athlete.  Their biography has been translated into different languages.

Oleksandr Kovalenko may refer to: Oleksandr Kovalenko (footballer, born 1974) (born 1974), Ukrainian footballer, goalkeeper Oleksandr Kovalenko (footballer) (1976-2010), Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr Mykhailovych Kovalenko (1875-1963), Ukrainian political activist, scientist, military officer, writer Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kovalenko (1935-2021), Ukrainian economist and politician

People

Pantheon has 46 people classified as Dominican athletes born between 1981 and 2001. Of these 46, 46 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dominican athletes include Marileidy Paulino, Luguelín Santos, and Lidio Andrés Feliz. As of April 2024, 45 new Dominican athletes have been added to Pantheon including Marileidy Paulino, Lidio Andrés Feliz, and Leul Gebresilase.

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