# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cathy-o-dowd
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:54:34.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cathy-o-dowd"
name: "Cathy O'Dowd"
slug: "cathy-o-dowd"
description: "Cathy O'Dowd is a South African rock climber, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both the south and north sides on 25 May 1996 and 29 May 1999, respectively."
tagline: "South African climber"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1968"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.97
  momentum:             3.430613460393091
  historical:           7.747846666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  237
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/cathyodowd/"
    handle:    "cathyodowd"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "كاثي أودود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Cathy O'Dowd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Cathy O'Dowd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Cathy O'Dowd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Cathy O'Dowd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Cathy O'Dowd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%9E'%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4"
    title: "Кеті О'Дауд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cathy_O'Dowd"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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