The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Yemen

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This page contains a list of the greatest Yemeni Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, NaN of which were born in Yemen. This makes Yemen the birth place of the 0th most number of Athletes.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Yemeni Athletes of all time. This list of famous Yemeni 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 Saleh (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ahmed Saleh is the most famous Yemeni Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages on wikipedia.

Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (Arabic: أحمد علي عبد الله صالح الأحمر; born July 25, 1972) is the eldest son of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and was a commander of approximately 80,000 troops of the Republican Guard unit of the Yemeni Army. On April 14, 2015, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added Saleh to the list of Specially Designated Nationals, barring US citizens and businesses from interacting with Saleh or his assets.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Yemeni athletes born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Yemeni athletes include Ahmed Saleh. As of April 2024, 1 new Yemeni athletes have been added to Pantheon including Ahmed Saleh.

Living Yemeni Athletes

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Newly Added Yemeni Athletes (2024)

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