# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilija-lupulesku
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:02:35.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilija-lupulesku"
name: "Ilija Lupulesku"
slug: "ilija-lupulesku"
description: "Ilija Lupulesku is a former Yugoslavian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002 and competed for the United States from 2004 to 2006. Ilija Lupulesku played his first game of table tennis at age nine in his small hometown of Uzdin, Yugoslavia. After seeing other children playing at his local school, he picked up a paddle and began what would become his life's ambition. Despite his love and talent for soccer, Lupulesku, under the watchful eye of first coach Jon Bosika, committed himself to training and by age 14 was the top player on the Yugoslavian Junior National Table Tennis Team."
tagline: "Table tennis player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilija_Lupulesku_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.67761066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伊利亚·卢普莱斯库"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "İliya Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
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    title: "ایلیا لوپولسکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Lupulesku"
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    title: "Илија Лупулеску"
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    title: "Ilija Lupulesku"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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