The Most Famous

Athletes from Moldova

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This page contains a list of the greatest Moldovans Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 29 of which were born in Moldova. This makes Moldova the birth place of the 67th most number of Athletes behind Trinidad & Tobago and Ecuador.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Moldovans Athletes of all time. This list of famous Moldovans 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 Moldovans Athletes.

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1. Lia Manoliu (1932 - 1998)

With an HPI of 61.32, Lia Manoliu is the most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. Tudor Casapu (b. 1963)

With an HPI of 48.79, Tudor Casapu is the 2nd most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

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3. Natalia Valeeva (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 48.55, Natalia Valeeva is the 3rd most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

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4. Yuri Bashkatov (1968 - 2022)

With an HPI of 46.33, Yuri Bashkatov is the 4th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

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5. Timofey Skryabin (b. 1967)

With an HPI of 43.64, Timofey Skryabin is the 5th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

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6. Carlos Silva (b. 0)

With an HPI of 41.32, Carlos Silva is the 6th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 5 different languages.

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7. Denis Vieru (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 39.47, Denis Vieru is the 7th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

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8. Victor Ciobanu (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 38.40, Victor Ciobanu is the 8th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

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9. Sergiu Toma (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 37.72, Sergiu Toma is the 9th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

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10. Alexandra Camenșcic (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 36.91, Alexandra Camenșcic is the 10th most famous Moldovans Athlete.   biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 29 people classified as Moldovans athletes born between 1932 and 2005. Of these 29, 27 (93.10%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Moldovans athletes include Tudor Casapu, Natalia Valeeva, and Timofey Skryabin. The most famous deceased Moldovans athletes include Lia Manoliu, and Yuri Bashkatov. As of April 2024, 2 new Moldovans athletes have been added to Pantheon including Yuri Bashkatov, and Timofey Skryabin.

Living Moldovans Athletes

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