The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Mauritius
This page contains a list of the greatest Mauritian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 5 of which were born in Mauritius. This makes Mauritius the birth place of the 131st most number of Athletes behind Kuwait, and French Polynesia.
Top 6
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mauritian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Mauritian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Fabrice Lapierre (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 35.69, Fabrice Lapierre is the most famous Mauritian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983 in Réduit, Mauritius) is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper. Lapierre placed 4th at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, behind another Australian, Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze. At the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, Lapierre won the gold medal with a jump of 8.17 metres, beating both Watt and the defending champion Godfrey Mokoena of South Africa. His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved on 14 July 2010 in Nuoro. Prior to this, his lifetime best was 8.35 metres, achieved on 4 July 2009 in Madrid. He jumped 8.57 metres at the same competition, but there was too much wind (+3.6 metres per second). On April 18, 2010, at the Australian Athletics Championship in Perth, Lapierre grabbed the national title with a last-round jump of 8.78, again with an illegal tailwind of +3.1 metres per second. This was the longest jump in the world under any conditions since Mike Powell's 8.99 in Sestriere in 1992. Lapierre competed for Texas A&M University in college, and was the NCAA long jump champion at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor National Track and Field Championships. In 2011, Lapierre competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
2. Richarno Colin (b. 0)
With an HPI of 30.76, Richarno Colin is the 2nd most famous Mauritian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 10 different languages.
Louis Richarno Colin (born 17 July 1987 in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius) is a Mauritian boxer best known to be All Africa champ 2011. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At Beijing he upset Myke Carvalho but was defeated by Gennady Kovalev from Russia in the round of 16.(Results) He has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the name of Louis Colin. In the opening ceremony, he was the flag carrier for Mauritius. He won bronze in the Light Welterweight category in Boxing. At the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. At London, he beat Abdelhak Aatakni in the first round before losing to Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in the second round. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's lightweight event.
3. Roilya Ranaivosoa (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 17.92, Roilya Ranaivosoa is the 3rd most famous Mauritian Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 9 different languages.
Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (born 14 November 1990), commonly known as Roilya Ranaivosoa, is a Mauritian weightlifter of Malagasy descent, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Mauritius at international competitions. Ranaivosoa is currently serving a three-year ban set to expire in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.
4. Samuel Ward (b. 0)
With an HPI of 17.88, Samuel Ward is the 4th most famous Mauritian Athlete. Their biography has been translated into 2 different languages.
Samuel or Sam Ward may refer to: Samuel Ward (banker) (1786–1839), American banker Samuel Ward (field hockey) (born 1990), British field hockey player Samuel Ward (footballer) (1906–?), Scottish footballer Samuel Ward (ice hockey) (born 1995), Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender Samuel Ward (lobbyist) (1814–1884), American political lobbyist and gourmet Samuel Ward (minister) (1577–1640), English Puritan minister of Ipswich Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician) (1725–1776), governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a delegate to the Continental Congress Samuel Ward (scholar) (1572–1643), English academic at Cambridge Samuel Ward (taster) (1732–1820), painted by Joseph Wright of Derby but known for being Bonnie Prince Charlie's taster Samuel Ward Jr. (1756–1832), American Revolutionary soldier and politician Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903), American organist and composer Samuel Baldwin Ward (1842–1915), American surgeon Samuel Gray Ward (1817–1907), American poet, Transcendentalist, banker, and patron of the arts Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817–c. 1860), American abolitionist and newspaper editor Samuel Ward, the co-composer of "Tell Her", a song sung by Frank Sinatra on his album That's Life Sam Ward (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1968), English footballer
5. Jonas Raess (b. 1994)
With an HPI of 17.57, Jonas Raess is the 5th most famous Mauritian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 3 different languages.
Jonas Raess (born 8 March 1994) is a Swiss long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 metres at the 2020 Olympics. Additionally, he earned a gold medal at the 2019 Universiade. Currently, he holds the national title for the 5000 metres and national records for the indoor and outdoor 3000 metres as well as the indoor 5000 metres.
6. Merven Clair (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 17.40, Merven Clair is the 6th most famous Mauritian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 7 different languages.
Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin. He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda. He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round. He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in the men's welterweight event.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as Mauritian athletes born between 1983 and 1994. Of these 6, 6 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mauritian athletes include Fabrice Lapierre, Richarno Colin, and Roilya Ranaivosoa. As of April 2024, 1 new Mauritian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Fabrice Lapierre.
Living Mauritian Athletes
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Fabrice Lapierre
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.69
Richarno Colin
HPI: 30.76
Roilya Ranaivosoa
1990 - Present
HPI: 17.92
Samuel Ward
HPI: 17.88
Jonas Raess
1994 - Present
HPI: 17.57
Merven Clair
1993 - Present
HPI: 17.40
