# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:51:07.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-forbes"
name: "David Forbes"
slug: "david-forbes"
description: "David John Oliver Forbes OAM was an Australian sailor who competed for his country at three Olympics from 1968 to 1976. Forbes won an Olympic gold medal in the Star Class at Munich 1972 alongside John Anderson OAM. His sailing career spanned over 20 years and included a 5.5m World Championship in 1970, a Sydney to Hobart race in 1974, and ten Australian championships in the Star, 5.5m, Soling, and Etchells classes. He represented Australia at three Olympic Games – 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich, and 1976 Montreal, and was a member of two America’s Cup challenges. He was a part of the ‘Gretel II’ crew in the 1970 America’s Cup and was relief helmsman in the 1977 America’s Cup."
tagline: "Australian sailor (1934–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1934-01-26"
deathDate: "2022-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.44
  momentum:             9.407760381211707
  historical:           10.87080666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E7%BB%B4%C2%B7%E7%A6%8F%E5%B8%83%E6%96%AF"
    title: "戴维·福布斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82_%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AA)"
    title: "ديفيد فوربس (متسابق يخت)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes"
    title: "David Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes_(sailor)"
    title: "David Forbes (sailor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes_(regatista)"
    title: "David Forbes (regatista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "دیوید فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes_(kilpapurjehtija)"
    title: "David Forbes (kilpapurjehtija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes_(zeiler)"
    title: "David Forbes (zeiler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes"
    title: "David Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes"
    title: "David Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forbes_(seglare)"
    title: "David Forbes (seglare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%81_(%D1%8F%D1%85%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD)"
    title: "Девід Форбс (яхтсмен)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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