1972 - Today
Ghada Shouaa (Arabic: غادة شعاع; born September 10, 1972) is a retired Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal. She was also a World and Asian heptathlon champion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghada Shouaa has received more than 100,946 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ghada Shouaa is the 1,447th most popular athlete (down from 938th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Syria (down from 146th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ghada Shouaa ranks 1,447 out of 3,059. Before her are Josiah McCracken, Ken Matthews, Vincent Matthews, Frank Hussey, Niels Fredborg, and Valentina Yegorova. After her are Kílian Jornet Burgada, Ferenc Németh, William Jones, Joaquim Cruz, Kaarlo Maaninka, and Tom Courtney.
1874 - 1962
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 1,441
1934 - 2019
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 1,442
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 1,443
1905 - 1974
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 1,444
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1,445
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1,446
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1,447
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1,448
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 1,449
1925 - 2014
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 1,450
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 1,451
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 1,452
1933 - 2023
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 1,453
Among people born in 1972, Ghada Shouaa ranks 329. Before her are Chantal Andere, Gretchen Mol, Kae Nishina, Roberto Acuña, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Trentemøller. After her are Christian Wörns, Christian Oliver, Yasunori Mitsuda, Hera Björk, Hasim Rahman, and Yasuhiro Takemoto.
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 323
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 324
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 325
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 326
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 327
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 328
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 329
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 330
1972 - 2024
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 331
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 332
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 333
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 334
1972 - 2019
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 335
Among people born in Syria, Ghada Shouaa ranks 164 out of 181. Before her are Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Youssef Absi (1946), Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), and Randa Kassis (1970). After her are Yasser Seirawan (1960), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Mahmoud Dahoud (1996), Bassel Khartabil (1981), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), and Sanharib Malki (1984).
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 158
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 159
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 160
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 161
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 162
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 163
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 164
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 166
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 167
1981 - 2015
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 168
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 169
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 170
Among athletes born in Syria, Ghada Shouaa ranks 1. After her are Majd Eddin Ghazal (1987) and Man Asaad (1993).
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.37
Rank: 2
1993 - Present
HPI: 20.60
Rank: 3