The Most Famous
ATHLETES from North Macedonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Macedonian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in North Macedonia. This makes North Macedonia the birth place of the 107th most number of Athletes behind Senegal, and Djibouti.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Macedonian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Macedonian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Milka Babović (1928 - 2020)
With an HPI of 51.15, Milka Babović is the most famous Macedonian Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Milena "Milka" Babović (27 October 1928 – 26 December 2020) was a Croatian sprint and hurdles runner and journalist. She won numerous sprinting events in the former Yugoslavia, and was selected the best athlete several times. She also had a noted career as a sports journalist and editor in television.
2. Ace Rusevski (b. 1956)
With an HPI of 39.80, Ace Rusevski is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ace Rusevski (born November 30, 1956, in Kumanovo) is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.
3. Redžep Redžepovski (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 34.80, Redžep Redžepovski is the 3rd most famous Macedonian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Redžep Redžepovski (Macedonian: Реџеп Реџеповски; born 14 December 1962) is a retired Macedonian flyweight boxer of ethnic Macedonian Turkish origin, who won silver medal for Yugoslavia in the flyweight division (< 51 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the final he was defeated by Steve McCrory of the United States. During the preliminary rounds of the 1984 Olympics, Redžepovski scored a controversial win over Australia's Jeff Fenech, a future World Champion in four weight divisions. Fenech was initially given the decision, but after intervention by the Olympic Boxing Committee and a total recount, the decision was reversed with Redžepovski being awarded the win. Many of the other boxers and those in the press felt that Fenech had been unfairly robbed of a chance to win an Olympic medal and most boxing writers noted how political amateur boxing was, especially at the Olympic Games.
4. Dejan Georgievski (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 28.78, Dejan Georgievski is the 4th most famous Macedonian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Dejan Georgievski (Macedonian: Дејан Георгиевски; born 8 May 1999) is a Macedonian professional taekwondo practitioner who represents North Macedonia internationally in the World Taekwondo Tournaments in the men's heavyweight (+87 kg) class. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the men's +80 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Macedonian athletes born between 1928 and 1999. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Macedonian athletes include Ace Rusevski, Redžep Redžepovski, and Dejan Georgievski. The most famous deceased Macedonian athletes include Milka Babović. As of April 2024, 2 new Macedonian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Ace Rusevski, and Redžep Redžepovski.
Living Macedonian Athletes
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Ace Rusevski
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Redžep Redžepovski
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Dejan Georgievski
1999 - Present
HPI: 28.78
