The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Kuwait
This page contains a list of the greatest Kuwaiti Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 5 of which were born in Kuwait. This makes Kuwait the birth place of the 129th most number of Athletes behind Kiribati, and Burkina Faso.
Top 6
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kuwaiti Athletes of all time. This list of famous Kuwaiti Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Abdullah Al-Rashidi (b. 1963)
With an HPI of 45.88, Abdullah Al-Rashidi is the most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Abdullah Al-Rashidi (born August 23, 1963) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter and three-time world champion. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, winning bronze medals in men's skeet in both 2016 (as an Independent Olympic Athlete) and 2020.
2. Helen Upperton (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 35.19, Helen Upperton is the 2nd most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Helen Lesley Upperton (born October 31, 1979) is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. Upperton was born in Ahmadi, Kuwait as her parents involvement in the oil industry meant they traveled abroad. She holds dual citizenship of both Great Britain and Canada. Upperton won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics after previously finishing fourth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2020 Upperton won a Canadian Screen Award for “Best Sports Analyst” for her coverage of the Bobsleigh World Championship event with Mark Lee. She went to high school at Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a BSc. Upperton also competed in the FIBT World Championships, earning her best finish of fourth in the two-woman event at Altenberg in 2008. Her best overall Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the two-woman event in the 2005–06 season. A former triple jumper at the University of Texas at Austin, Upperton moved to bobsleigh in 2002. In the 2005–06 season she won four medals on the World Cup including a gold at an event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Canada's first women's World Cup win in bobsleigh. One month later she finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Upperton scored a total of six wins and over 20 podium finishes in World Cup competition. She won a silver medal in the Two-woman competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics with Shelley-Ann Brown. The gold medal was won by fellow Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse. It marked the first time of the 2010 Olympics that Canadians had won two medals in one event. Upperton and Brown announced their retirements from the sport in September 2012. After retiring Upperton became manager of community relations with WinSport Canada. Subsequently, she became head coach of WinSport Academy's bobsleigh programme, training developing bobsledders. Upperton was a commentator for men's and women's bobsleigh and skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics with Mark Connolly.
3. Nina Savina (b. 0)
With an HPI of 30.48, Nina Savina is the 3rd most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. Their biography has been translated into 3 different languages.
Nina Savina may refer to: Nina Savina (canoeist) (1915–1965), Soviet sprint canoer Nina Savina (runner) (born 1993), Belarusian distance runner
4. Khaled Al-Mudhaf (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 25.98, Khaled Al-Mudhaf is the 4th most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. His biography has been translated into 7 different languages.
Khaled Al-Mudhaf (Arabic: خالد المضف; born 12 June 1978) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He captured the men's trap title at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and finished in the top six respectively on two successive editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Apart from his World championship title, Al-Mudhaf also collected fourteen more medals to his career record, including two from the Asian Games (a silver in Guangzhou 2010 and a bronze in Doha 2006). Al-Mudhaf is a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Russian-born coach Rustam Yambulatov.
5. Talal Al-Rashidi (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 18.72, Talal Al-Rashidi is the 5th most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. His biography has been translated into 4 different languages.
Talal Al-Rashidi (born 24 July 1993) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Al-Rashidi qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics shooting events when he won a silver medal at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships.
6. Mohammad Al-Mosawi (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 0.00, Mohammad Al-Mosawi is the 6th most famous Kuwaiti Athlete. His biography has been translated into 2 different languages.
Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi (Arabic: سيد محمد الموسوي, born 12 May 1995) is a Kuwaiti karateka. He represented Kuwait at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. He finished in 5th place in his pool in the elimination round and he did not advance to the next round.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as Kuwaiti athletes born between 1963 and 1995. Of these 6, 6 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kuwaiti athletes include Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Helen Upperton, and Nina Savina. As of April 2024, 1 new Kuwaiti athletes have been added to Pantheon including Helen Upperton.
Living Kuwaiti Athletes
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Abdullah Al-Rashidi
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Helen Upperton
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Nina Savina
HPI: 30.48
Khaled Al-Mudhaf
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.98
Talal Al-Rashidi
1993 - Present
HPI: 18.72
Mohammad Al-Mosawi
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
