# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-sandford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:49.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-sandford"
name: "Ben Sandford"
slug: "ben-sandford"
description: "Ben Sandford is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished tenth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He finished 11th at the 2010 Winter Olympics."
tagline: "New Zealand skeleton racer and political candidate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Profile--bensandford-390x2-UNC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1979-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.270338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сэндфорд, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sandford"
    title: "Ben Sandford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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