Nicol David
b. 1983
HPI 39.0420 languages
Malaysian squash player
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysians Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 13,875 Athletes, 20 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 77th most number of Athletes behind Uganda and Philippines.
Top 10 Malaysian Athletes
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Malaysian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Malaysian 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 Malaysian Athletes.
#1 #2 
Pandelela Rinong
b. 1993
HPI 38.7725 languagesMalaysian diver
#3 
Cheong Jun Hoong
b. 1990
HPI 35.4218 languagesMalaysian diver
#4 
Khairul Anuar Mohamad
b. 1991
HPI 34.4615 languagesMalaysian archer
#5 
Leong Mun Yee
b. 1984
HPI 34.0812 languagesMalaysian diver
#6 
Nur Dhabitah Sabri
b. 1999
HPI 30.7713 languagesMalaysian diver
#7 
Cui Xiaotong
b. 1994
HPI 30.2113 languagesChinese rower
#8 
Ng Yan Yee
b. 1993
HPI 29.9413 languagesMalaysian diver
#9 
Failuna Abdi Matanga
b. 1992
HPI 26.419 languagesTanzanian marathoner
#10 
Welson Sim
b. 1997
HPI 25.0110 languagesMalaysian swimmer
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Malaysians Athletes grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(1)
1990s(13)
Unknown(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Athletes were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 19 most globally memorable Athletes since 1700.
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