# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfreds-ruks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:19:58.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfreds-ruks"
name: "Alfrēds Ruks"
slug: "alfreds-ruks"
description: "Alfrēds Ruks was a Latvian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1912 Summer Olympics, representing the Russian Empire and the men's 10 kilometres walk at the 1924 Summer Olympics, representing Latvia."
tagline: "Latvian athletics competitor (1890-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81_%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_10_%D0%BA%D0%BC_(%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%2C_1914_%E2%84%96_27).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1890-10-28"
deathDate: "1941-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.934917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Рукс, Альфред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ruks"
    title: "Alfrēds Ruks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "الفريدس روكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ruks"
    title: "Alfrēds Ruks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ruks"
    title: "Alfrēds Ruks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ruks"
    title: "Alfrēds Ruks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ruks"
    title: "Alfrēds Ruks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23003881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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