# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-fonoimoana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:25:54.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-fonoimoana"
name: "Eric Fonoimoana"
slug: "eric-fonoimoana"
description: "Eric Fonoimoana is an American former beach volleyball player of Samoan descent who paired with Dain Blanton to win the gold medal in beach volleyball at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He played professionally for more than 16 years and has entered over 200 tournaments. Fonoimoana won at least one tournament for seven straight years between 1998 and 2004. He is a former AVP Most Valuable Player and is in the top 10 in terms of all-time tournaments played. He has earned over 1 million dollars playing beach volleyball."
tagline: "Volleyball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1969-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.211664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اريك فونيموانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اریک فونویموانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fonoimoana"
    title: "Eric Fonoimoana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фоноймоана, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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