The Most Famous
BADMINTON PLAYERS from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Badminton Players. The pantheon dataset contains 117 Badminton Players, 1 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 10th most number of Badminton Players behind Russia, and United Kingdom.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Badminton Players of all time. This list of famous Spanish Badminton Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Carolina Marín (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 40.51, Carolina Marín is the most famous Spanish Badminton Player. Her biography has been translated into 37 different languages on wikipedia.
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, eight-time European Champion, and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's singles discipline, holding the World No. 1 title for 66 weeks. She has become the World Champion in the women's singles three times (winning in 2014, 2015, and 2018), thereby becoming the second women’s singles player after Han Aiping and the only non-Asian player to win the title three times. Marín is the only player in history to win seven gold medals in a single category of a continental championship, having consecutively won the European Championships title since 2014. She also won the Olympics gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Marín was appointed as the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga and Meliá Hotels International for its promotion in other countries. In 2024, Marín was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports.
2. Pablo Abián (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 26.78, Pablo Abián is the 2nd most famous Spanish Badminton Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Pablo Abián Vicén (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo aˈβjan]; born 12 June 1985) is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Spanish badminton players born between 1985 and 1993. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Spanish badminton players include Carolina Marín, and Pablo Abián. As of April 2024, 1 new Spanish badminton players have been added to Pantheon including Pablo Abián.
