The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Kuwait

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kuwaiti Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Kuwait. This makes Kuwait the birth place of the 123rd most number of Athletes behind Saint Kitts and Nevis, and United Arab Emirates.

Top 5

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

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1. Abdullah Al-Rashidi (b. 1963)

With an HPI of 36.89, Abdullah Al-Rashidi is the most famous Kuwaiti Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Abdullah Al-Rashidi (born August 23, 1963) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter and three-time world champion. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, winning bronze medals in men's skeet in both 2016 (as an Independent Olympic Athlete) and 2020.

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2. Nina Savina (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Nina Savina is the 2nd most famous Kuwaiti Athlete.  Their biography has been translated into different languages.

Nina Savina may refer to: Nina Savina (canoeist) (1915–1965), Soviet sprint canoer Nina Savina (runner) (born 1993), Belarusian distance runner

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3. Mohammad Al-Mosawi (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mohammad Al-Mosawi is the 3rd most famous Kuwaiti Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi (Arabic: سيد محمد الموسوي, born 12 May 1995) is a Kuwaiti karateka. He represented Kuwait at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. He finished in 5th place in his pool in the elimination round and he did not advance to the next round.

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4. Talal Al-Rashidi (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Talal Al-Rashidi is the 4th most famous Kuwaiti Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Talal Al-Rashidi (born 24 July 1993) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Al-Rashidi qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics shooting events when he won a silver medal at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships.

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5. Khaled Al-Mudhaf (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 0.00, Khaled Al-Mudhaf is the 5th most famous Kuwaiti Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Khaled Al-Mudhaf (Arabic: خالد المضف; born 12 June 1978) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He captured the men's trap title at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and finished in the top six respectively on two successive editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Apart from his World championship title, Al-Mudhaf also collected fourteen more medals to his career record, including two from the Asian Games (a silver in Guangzhou 2010 and a bronze in Doha 2006). Al-Mudhaf is a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Russian-born coach Rustam Yambulatov.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Kuwaiti athletes born between 1963 and 1995. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kuwaiti athletes include Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Nina Savina, and Mohammad Al-Mosawi. As of April 2024, 4 new Kuwaiti athletes have been added to Pantheon including Nina Savina, Mohammad Al-Mosawi, and Talal Al-Rashidi.

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