Nafissatou Thiam

Belgian athlete

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Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning the heptathlon event at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Thiam is the only Belgian athlete, male or female, to successfully defend an Olympic title and only the second woman after Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the event.

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Johnson-Thompson renews Thiam rivalry at Roma 2024 Katarina Johnson-Thompson will renew her rivalry with Olympic heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. BBC Sport - Published 3 weeks ago
Two-time champion Thiam a doubt for Worlds Two-time Olympic and world heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam is a doubt for the World Athletics Championships. BBC Sport - Published on August 3, 2023
When a world record lasts just six seconds..... Watch as Adrianna Sulek sets a new pentathlon world record with a brilliant 800m run only to see Nafissatou Thiam break it and win gold when she crosses the line six seconds later at the European.. BBC Sport - Published on March 3, 2023

World Athletics Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson sixth in heptathlon after day one Watch highlights from day one of the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships as defending champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson lies sixth after four events, with Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam in.. BBC Sport - Published on July 18, 2022