The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Bhutan
This page contains a list of the greatest Bhutanese Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in Bhutan. This makes Bhutan the birth place of the 159th most number of Athletes behind Republic of the Congo, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bhutanese Athletes of all time. This list of famous Bhutanese Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Karma (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 41.25, Karma is the most famous Bhutanese Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Karma (born 6 June 1990) is a Bhutanese recurve archer. She represented Bhutan at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and won two bronze medals for Bhutan at the 2019 South Asian Games in Nepal.
2. Tshering Choden (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 35.50, Tshering Choden is the 2nd most famous Bhutanese Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Tshering Choden (born 1 January 1979 or 6 July 1980) is an archer from Bhutan who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Choden was born in Trashigang, Bhutan. Having excelled at sports in school, in 1998 Choden was encouraged to try archery by her brother, who was a member of the Olympic team. Choden entered the 2004 Summer Olympics with a world ranking of 176. She was one of two Bhutanese athletes taking part in the Games, the other being with fellow archer Tashi Peljor, and was selected as Bhutan's flagbearer for the Games' opening ceremony. Choden began the women's individual event with fifty-fourth place in the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round, scoring 600 points from 720. She delivered a surprise result in the opening elimination round with victory over China's Lin Sang by a margin of three points, becoming the first Bhutanese archer ever to win a match at the Olympics. Choden faced India's Reena Kumari in the second round, the pair posting identical scores of 134 points over the regulation eighteen arrows. On the subsequent tie-breaking arrow Kumari outscored Choden by seven points to four. Choden blamed her nerves for shooting so low. Choden retired from archery in 2005 but returned to the sport as a coach in 2007. She coached the only Bhutanese archer at the 2012 Olympic Games, Sherab Zam. She appeared in the 2004 Arte documentary Die Bogenschützin von Bhutan.
3. Lenchu Kunzang (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 20.73, Lenchu Kunzang is the 3rd most famous Bhutanese Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 6 different languages.
Lenchu Kunzang (born 10 February 1992) is a Bhutanese sports shooter who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Bhutanese athletes born between 1979 and 1992. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bhutanese athletes include Karma, Tshering Choden, and Lenchu Kunzang. As of April 2024, 1 new Bhutanese athletes have been added to Pantheon including Tshering Choden.
Living Bhutanese Athletes
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Karma
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Tshering Choden
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.50
Lenchu Kunzang
1992 - Present
HPI: 20.73
