# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleksandr-samsonov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:01:40.906Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aleksandr-samsonov"
name: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
slug: "aleksandr-samsonov"
description: "Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. He won a bronze medal in the relay, in which he swam for the Soviet team in the preliminary round, but failed to reach the finals in other events."
tagline: "Russian swimmer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1953-07-16"
deathDate: "2019-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             1.132075471698113
  historical:           6.535457333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C)"
    title: "Самсонов Олександр Васильович (плавець)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81_(%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "الكسندر سامسونوف (سباح من روسيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Sams%C3%B3nov_(nadador)"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsónov (nadador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "الکساندر سامسونوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov_(nuotatore)"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov (nuotatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Самсонов, Александр Васильевич (пловец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4715396"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump