# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilya-mate
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:11:35.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilya-mate"
name: "Ilya Mate"
slug: "ilya-mate"
description: "Illya Fedorovych Mate is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1979 and 1982 world championships, finishing third in 1981. Mate was reputed for his deceitfully flabby appearance, which misled his opponents into thinking of him as of an \"easy prey,\" as well as for his springy sudden movements and the mat generalship, avoiding flukes, and providing no \"chinks in the armor\" for his opponents."
tagline: "Soviet wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilya_Mate_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1956-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.75165733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мате Ілля Федорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "إيليا ماتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "ايليا ماتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Mate"
    title: "Ilja Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illja_Mate"
    title: "Illja Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Mate"
    title: "Ilya Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Mate"
    title: "Ilia Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87"
    title: "ایلیا ماته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illja_Mate"
    title: "Illja Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illya_Mate"
    title: "Illya Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Mate"
    title: "Ilja Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Mate"
    title: "Ilija Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%B4_%EB%A7%88%ED%85%8C"
    title: "일랴 마테"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Mate"
    title: "Illa Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мате, Илья Фёдорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illja_Mate"
    title: "Illja Mate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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