Nafissatou Thiam during the shot put at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on October 2, 2019.
Nafi Thiam seen during a training session in Stellenbosch, South Africa on February 14, 2023.

Nafissatou
Thiam

Belgium

Belgium

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Athletics

One of only four heptathletes to break the magic 7,000-point barrier, Belgian Nafissatou 'Nafi' Thiam is a champion at the highest level.

Date of birth

19 August 1994

Place of birth

Namur, Belgium

Age

31

Nationality

Belgium

Belgium

Career start

2015

Disciplines

High Jump / Heptathlon / Pentathlon

Nafi's rise to the top of her sport has been a fast one. After winning the European Junior Championships in 2013 and silver at European U23 Championships, this time in the high jump, she wasted little time in reproducing her early successes at senior level.

In 2016 going into Rio she was a relative unknown outside the heptathlon world, but once she had the gold round her neck she became an overnight star.