The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Qatar
This page contains a list of the greatest Qatari Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in Qatar. This makes Qatar the birth place of the 103rd most number of Athletes behind Antigua and Barbuda, and Anguilla.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Qatari Athletes of all time. This list of famous Qatari Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Nasser Al-Attiyah (b. 1970)
With an HPI of 52.04, Nasser Al-Attiyah is the most famous Qatari Athlete. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic: ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, an 18 time Middle East Rally Champion, a five-time FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies champion, a three-time World Rally-Raid Champion, and a five-time (2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023) Dakar Rally winner. His five victories in the Dakar Rally make him the only Middle Easterner and West Asian to win the competition more than once. In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
2. Mutaz Essa Barshim (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 47.49, Mutaz Essa Barshim is the 2nd most famous Qatari Athlete. His biography has been translated into 38 different languages.
Mutaz Essa Barsham (Arabic: معتز عيسى برشم, romanized: Muʿtazz ʿĪsā Baršam; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the former Olympic Champion. He is also the former World Champion and second highest jumper of all-time with a personal best of 2.43. He won gold at the 2017 World Championships in London, at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, as well as the 2022 World Championships in Eugene. At the Olympics, Barsham originally won the full set of medals with bronze at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, silver at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, and shared gold at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2021, his bronze in the London 2012 Summer Olympics was promoted to silver in a three-way tie for second due to disqualification of the original gold medalist, leaving him with two silvers and a gold. His bronze at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics yet again completed his full set of Olympic medals. He was the Asian Indoor and World Junior champion in 2010, and won the high jump gold medals at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and 2011 Military World Games. He holds the Asian record in high jump. Barsham jumps off his left foot, using the Fosbury Flop technique, with a pronounced backwards arch over the bar which he achieves by looking over the landing mat. One of his brothers, Muamer, is also a high jumper. Barsham is regarded as one of the best high jumpers of all time with 4 Olympic medals, including one Olympic gold medal.
3. Mohamed Mrabet (b. )
With an HPI of 0.00, Mohamed Mrabet is the 3rd most famous Qatari Athlete. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Mohamed Mrabet (born 1 January 1990) is a Tunisian sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's K-1 200 metres and 1000 metres. At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's K-1 1000 metres. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's K-1 1000 metres.
4. Nada Arkaji (b. )
With an HPI of 0.00, Nada Arkaji is the 4th most famous Qatari Athlete. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Nada Mohamed Wafa Arakji (Arabic: ندى عرقجي, born 30 October 1994) is a Qatari swimmer. She competed in the 50 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman to represent Qatar at the Olympics. She served on the bid committee for Doha's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Arakji's family is heavily involved in sports. She is the daughter of the former Qatar national football team goalkeeper and Al Sadd player Mohamed Wafa Arakji. She is a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. She represented Qatar at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Qatari athletes born between 1970 and 1991. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Qatari athletes include Nasser Al-Attiyah, Mutaz Essa Barshim, and Mohamed Mrabet. As of April 2024, 2 new Qatari athletes have been added to Pantheon including Mohamed Mrabet, and Nada Arkaji.
Living Qatari Athletes
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Nasser Al-Attiyah
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Mutaz Essa Barshim
1991 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Mohamed Mrabet
HPI: 0.00
Nada Arkaji
HPI: 0.00
