The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Liberia
This page contains a list of the greatest Liberian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Liberia. This makes Liberia the birth place of the 188th most number of Athletes behind British Virgin Islands, and Faroe Islands.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Liberian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Liberian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Emmanuel Matadi (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 27.89, Emmanuel Matadi is the most famous Liberian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 11 different languages on wikipedia.
Emmanuel Matadi (born 15 April 1991) is a Liberian sprinter. Matadi has represented Liberia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2017 World Athletics Championships, and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Matadi graduated from Johnson Senior High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As a senior, he won the Minnesota State High School championship in 100 meters in 2009. Matadi attended the University of Louisville before transferring to Minnesota State University, Mankato. At MNSU, Matadi won national titles in the 100m and 200m. He also holds Liberia's national records in the 60m and 100m. Internationally, Matadi won bronze in the 200 meters at the 2016 African Championships and made his Olympic debut while competing for Liberia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100m and 200m. He was the flag bearer for Liberia in the Parade of Nations. In the 2017 World Championships, Matadi was one of three Africans to advance to the semifinals of the 100m in London.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Liberian athletes born between 1991 and 1991. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Liberian athletes include Emmanuel Matadi. As of April 2024, 1 new Liberian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Emmanuel Matadi.
