# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-merkel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:40.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-merkel"
name: "Fred Merkel"
slug: "fred-merkel"
description: "Fred Merkel is an American former professional motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike World Champion."
tagline: "American motorcycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Merkel_1993.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1962-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.4
  momentum:             0.6141732283464567
  historical:           10.69093066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "فريد ميركل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB"
    title: "フレッド・マーケル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkel"
    title: "Fred Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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