The Most Famous

ATHLETES from French Polynesia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 5 of which were born in French Polynesia. This makes French Polynesia the birth place of the 130th most number of Athletes behind Kuwait, and Kiribati.

Top 5

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

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1. Anne-Caroline Graffe (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 33.47, Anne-Caroline Graffe is the most famous Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Anne-Caroline Graffe (born 12 February 1986 in Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia) is a French taekwondo athlete. Graffe took up taekwondo when she was 11 years old. She left Tahiti for metropolitan France when she was 18 years old. She won the women's heavyweight title at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, held in Gyeongju, South Korea, defeating South Korean An Sae-Bom 1–0 in the final. She won the gold medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. Graffe, who had been training under Myriam Baverel at the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP) for five years, had only been entered for the competition a month before the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics following the withdrawal due to injury of Gwladys Épangue. She was the first Polynesian to represent France at the Olympic Games. In her first Olympic competition, she was seeded number one. She cruised through the early rounds to reach the final, where she met Serbia's Milica Mandić. After a tight opening two rounds, Mandić opened up in the third and picked off Graffe with rapid kicks to the body and ran out a 9–7 winner.

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2. Michel Bourez (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 30.65, Michel Bourez is the 2nd most famous Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 4 different languages.

Michel Bourez (born 30 December 1985) is a French professional surfer.

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3. Małgorzata Cybulska (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 19.57, Małgorzata Cybulska is the 3rd most famous Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 5 different languages.

Małgorzata Cybulska (born 28 March 1998) is a Polish equestrian. She represented Poland at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in Individual and Team Eventing on her horse Chenaro. Cybulska suffered from discopathy and underwent a spinal operation in 2019.

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4. Albert Chemutai (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 18.24, Albert Chemutai is the 4th most famous Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 7 different languages.

Albert Chemutai (born 25 November 1999) is a Ugandan runner competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing tenth in the final. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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5. Lucien Delfour (b. )

With an HPI of 18.06, Lucien Delfour is the 5th most famous Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 3 different languages.

Lucien Delfour (born 22 December 1988) is a French-Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He represented France in the 2006 season. Since 2010 he has represented Australia. Delfour qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.He completed his heats and semi-final successfully with an excellent time of 91.12 in his heats second run the highlight. Delfour finished 8th in the final of the Men's slalom K1 event with a time of 102.33.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as athletes born between 1985 and 1999. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living athletes include Anne-Caroline Graffe, Michel Bourez, and Małgorzata Cybulska. As of April 2024, 5 new athletes have been added to Pantheon including Anne-Caroline Graffe, Michel Bourez, and Małgorzata Cybulska.

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