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Nafissatou Thiam

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Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam (French pronunciation: [tʃam]; born 19 August 1994) is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is the first athlete with three multi-event gold medals at the Olympic Games, winning the heptathlon at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. Her three individual Olympic golds in a row for a woman equals the record of Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland in the hammer and Faith Kipyegon in the 1500 metres Thiam is also the only Belgian athlete to successfully defend an Olympic title. She won gold at the 2017 and 2022 World Championships, the 2018, 2022 and 2024 European Championships as well as the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Nafissatou Thiam is the 2,816th most popular athlete (up from 2,981st in 2024), the 914th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 943rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nafissatou Thiam ranks 2,816 out of 6,025. Before her are Christina Obergföll, Sergei Mylnikov, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Peter Radford, Femke Bol, and Kim Ki-hoon. After her are Karsten Warholm, Israil Arsamakov, Susan Williams, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Viktor Bryzhin, and Anne Briand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Nafissatou Thiam ranks 172. Before her are Son Na-eun, Tsubasa Suzuki, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Andries Noppert, and Masaki Tozaki. After her are Minzy, Seiya Matsuki, Tom Lockyer, Charlie Heaton, Ruth Chepng'etich, and Henrik Kristoffersen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Nafissatou Thiam ranks 914 out of 1,190. Before her are Conny Aerts (1966), Maarten Martens (1984), Karl Erjavec (1960), Ann Haesebrouck (1963), Tom Steels (1971), and Alexis Saelemaekers (1999). After her are Natacha Régnier (1974), Hein Vanhaezebrouck (1964), Lucas Belvaux (1961), Marc Van Der Linden (1964), Kim Gevaert (1978), and Angèle (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Nafissatou Thiam ranks 38. Before her are Victor Verschueren (1893), Désiré Beaurain (1881), Tia Hellebaut (1978), Michel Knuysen (1929), Marieke Vervoort (1979), and Ann Haesebrouck (1963). After her are Kim Gevaert (1978), Erik Persson (null), Kevin Borlée (1988), Gella Vandecaveye (1973), Daniel Martin (null), and Olivia Borlée (1986).

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