# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gethin-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:07:35.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gethin-jenkins"
name: "Gethin Jenkins"
slug: "gethin-jenkins"
description: "Gethin Jenkins is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a prop for Pontypridd, Celtic Warriors, Cardiff Blues and Toulon. At international level, he won 129 caps for Wales. On his 105th appearance in 2014, he became Wales' most-capped player, overtaking the record held by Stephen Jones; having earned his final cap in November 2016, his record was surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones in September 2019. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams. He also won five caps for the British & Irish Lions on three tours in 2005, 2009 and 2013. He is the sixth most-capped player in rugby union history and the second most-capped front-row forward."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gethin_Jenkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1980-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             6.845637583892616
  historical:           8.959541333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "格辛·簡金斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ゲシン・ジェンキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins"
    title: "Gethin Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%8F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Гетин Џенкинс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934631"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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