The Most Famous
BADMINTON PLAYERS from Guatemala
This page contains a list of the greatest Guatemalan Badminton Players. The pantheon dataset contains 117 Badminton Players, 2 of which were born in Guatemala. This makes Guatemala the birth place of the 20th most number of Badminton Players behind Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guatemalan Badminton Players of all time. This list of famous Guatemalan Badminton Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kevin Cordón (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 36.04, Kevin Cordón is the most famous Guatemalan Badminton Player. His biography has been translated into 13 different languages on wikipedia.
Kevin Haroldo Cordón Buezo (born 28 November 1986) is a Guatemalan badminton player. He won two men's singles titles at the Pan American Games, four titles at the Pan Am Championships (3 in singles and 1 in doubles), and six titles at the Central American and Caribbean Games (4 in singles and 2 in doubles). He is a five-time Olympian for Guatemala participating at the 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and the 2024 Olympic Games.
2. Nikté Sotomayor (b. 1994)
With an HPI of 25.67, Nikté Sotomayor is the 2nd most famous Guatemalan Badminton Player. Her biography has been translated into 6 different languages.
Nikté Alejandra Sotomayor Ovando (born 1 July 1994) is a Guatemalan badminton player. She won the bronze medals at the 2019 Pan American Games in the women's singles, and at the 2021 Pan Am Championships in the women's doubles. Sotomayor will representing her country to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as the first ever Guatemalan female badminton player to compete at the Olympic Games.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Guatemalan badminton players born between 1986 and 1994. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Guatemalan badminton players include Kevin Cordón, and Nikté Sotomayor. As of April 2024, 2 new Guatemalan badminton players have been added to Pantheon including Kevin Cordón, and Nikté Sotomayor.
