# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heather-mckay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:35.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heather-mckay"
name: "Heather McKay"
slug: "heather-mckay"
description: "Heather Pamela McKay is an Australian retired squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game. She dominated the women's squash game in the 1960s and 1970s, winning 16 consecutive British Open titles from 1962 to 1977, and capturing the inaugural women's World Open title in 1976, while remaining undefeated during that period. She was also a top-level player of other sports, including field hockey and racquetball."
tagline: "Australian squash player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heather_McKay_playing_racquetball_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1941-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.08
  momentum:             0.4829210836277975
  historical:           8.565373333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%8C%E7%91%9F%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%87%AF"
    title: "希瑟·麦凯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B0%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "هيذر مكاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B0%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "هيذر مكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A6%DB%92"
    title: "ہیتھر میکئے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay"
    title: "Heather McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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