The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Madagascar

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This page contains a list of the greatest Malagasy Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, NaN of which were born in Madagascar. This makes Madagascar the birth place of the 0th most number of Athletes.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malagasy Athletes of all time. This list of famous Malagasy Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Nicole Ramalalanirina (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 41.44, Nicole Ramalalanirina is the most famous Malagasy Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.

Nicole Ramalalanirina (born 5 March 1972 in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998. Her personal best time in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.76 seconds, achieved in November 2000 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Nicole competed in the Olympic Games four times, twice for Madagascar(1992, 1996) and twice for France(2000, 2004). Her best Olympic result was a 6th place in the 100m high hurdles at Sydney in 2000 with a time of 12.91. Nicole finished her career by winning the French Indoor National 60m Hurdles championship in both 2004 and 2006.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malagasy athletes born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malagasy athletes include Nicole Ramalalanirina. As of April 2024, 1 new Malagasy athletes have been added to Pantheon including Nicole Ramalalanirina.

Living Malagasy Athletes

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Newly Added Malagasy Athletes (2025)

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