# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-douglas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:14:29.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-douglas"
name: "Desmond Douglas"
slug: "desmond-douglas"
description: "Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He lived and was brought up in the area of Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of close to the table blocks on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side."
tagline: "British table tennis player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_Douglas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1955-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             0.8818011257035648
  historical:           9.154213333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Desmond Douglas"
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    title: "ديزموند دوغلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Duqlas"
    title: "Desmond Duqlas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دزموند داگلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Douglas"
    title: "Desmond Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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