# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-philippe-ruggia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:40:09.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-philippe-ruggia"
name: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
slug: "jean-philippe-ruggia"
description: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1995 when he finished in fifth place in the 250cc world championship. He won two races in 1993 riding for Aprilia and ended the season ranked sixth. He was also moderately successful in the 500cc class, finishing 8th overall in 1990. He is also the first rider known to use the elbow down riding style, years before Marc Márquez popularized the riding style in Grand Prix racing."
tagline: "French motorcycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia_1996_Japanese_GP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1965-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.146077333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جان فيليب راجيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ジャン＝フィリップ・ルジア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Ruggia"
    title: "Jean-Philippe Ruggia"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698428"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump