# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/apa-sherpa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:47:46.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/apa-sherpa"
name: "Apa Sherpa"
slug: "apa-sherpa"
description: "Apa Sherpa, is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, until 2017, jointly with Phurba Tashi held the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other climber. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest summit in May 2011 then retired after a promise to his wife to stop climbing after 21 ascents. He first summited Everest in 1990 and his last time to the summit was in 2011."
tagline: "Nepalese mountain climber"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apa_Sherpa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1960-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.33
  momentum:             2.90378503322739
  historical:           18.360776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "阿帕·谢尔巴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ابا شيربا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Апа Шерпа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appa_Sherpa"
    title: "Appa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%A7"
    title: "آپا شرپا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "आप्पा शेर्पा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_(serpa)"
    title: "Apa (serpa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "აპა შერპა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아파 셰르파"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ल्हक्पा तेनझिंग शेर्पा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "आप्पा शेर्पा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ଅପା ଶେରପା"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Аппа Тенцинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appa_%C5%A0erpa"
    title: "Appa Šerpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhakpa_Tenzing_Sherpa"
    title: "Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Аппа Тенцінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sherpa"
    title: "Apa Sherpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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