The Most Famous

ATHLETES from United Arab Emirates

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This page contains a list of the greatest Emirati Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in United Arab Emirates. This makes United Arab Emirates the birth place of the 122nd most number of Athletes behind Hong Kong, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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

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1. Ahmed Al-Maktoum (b. 1963)

With an HPI of 39.56, Ahmed Al-Maktoum is the most famous Emirati Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum (أحمد بن محمد بن حشر آل مكتوم) (born 31 December 1963 in Dubai) is an Emirati sports shooter who won the first ever Olympic medal for his country.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Emirati athletes born between 1963 and 1963. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Emirati athletes include Ahmed Al-Maktoum.

Living Emirati Athletes

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