The Most Famous

ATHLETES from São Tomé and Príncipe

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This page contains a list of the greatest Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in São Tomé and Príncipe. This makes São Tomé and Príncipe the birth place of the 129th most number of Athletes behind U.S. Virgin Islands, and Sierra Leone.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Athletes of all time. This list of famous Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Naide Gomes (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 33.97, Naide Gomes is the most famous Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes (born 20 November 1979), better known as Naide Gomes, is a Portuguese retired athlete. Born in São Tomé and Príncipe, she moved to Lisbon when she was 11. She initially competed at international events as a representative of São Tomé and Príncipe before becoming a naturalised citizen of Portugal in 2001. She set a São Toméan national record in every type of event she competed in at the international level, including women's 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw, pentathlon, and heptathlon. She also holds the Portuguese national records in women's long jump (both outdoor and indoor), high jump, pentathlon, and heptathlon. At the club level, she represented Sporting CP and was coached by Abreu Matos.

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2. Laura Traets (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 0.00, Laura Traets is the 2nd most famous Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Laura Jean Pierre Traets (Bulgarian: Лаура Жан Пиер Траатс, born 13 December 1998) is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion in the group all-around. She is the 2018 World and 2021 European champion in 5 balls and the 2018 European champion in 3 balls + 2 ropes. She is a two-time (2018, 2019) World group all-around bronze medalist and the 2017 World group all-around silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2013 European group all-around bronze medalist.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as athletes born between 1979 and 1998. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living athletes include Naide Gomes, and Laura Traets. As of April 2024, 1 new athletes have been added to Pantheon including Laura Traets.

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