# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamza-yerlikaya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:15.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamza-yerlikaya"
name: "Hamza Yerlikaya"
slug: "hamza-yerlikaya"
description: "Hamza Yerlikaya is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion, and the first Turkish wrestler to become European champion a record eight times, a feat that has since been matched by Rıza Kayaalp. He was ranked third in a list of all-time-best wrestlers by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) and was named the \"Wrestler of the Century\" in 1996."
tagline: "Turkish wrestler and statesperson (born 1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamza_Yerlikaya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1976-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.59
  momentum:             8.240353895305972
  historical:           18.867192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Хамза Ерликая"
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    title: "Гамза Єрлікая"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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