The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Nauru
This page contains a list of the greatest Nauruan Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in Nauru. This makes Nauru the birth place of the 171st most number of Athletes behind Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nauruan Athletes of all time. This list of famous Nauruan Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jonah Harris (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 17.68, Jonah Harris is the most famous Nauruan Athlete. His biography has been translated into 7 different languages on wikipedia.
Jonah Harris (born 16 January 1999) is a Nauruan track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. Harris most notably represented Nauru at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia and was the first ever athlete representing Nauru at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. He currently holds the national records for Nauru in the 60 metres indoor event, the 100 metres and the 200 metres and has one more national record still awaiting ratification from the Nauru Athletics Association (NAA).
2. Ruben Katoatau (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 13.32, Ruben Katoatau is the 2nd most famous Nauruan Athlete. His biography has been translated into 5 different languages.
Ruben Katoatau (born 9 February 1997 in Nauru) is an I-Kiribati weightlifter. His height is 158 cm for a weight of 68 kg. He finished 6th at Weightlifting Men's 69 kg in Gold Coast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Nauruan athletes born between 1997 and 1999. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Nauruan athletes include Jonah Harris, and Ruben Katoatau. As of April 2024, 2 new Nauruan athletes have been added to Pantheon including Jonah Harris, and Ruben Katoatau.
