# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-monckton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:31.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-monckton"
name: "John Monckton"
slug: "john-monckton"
description: "John James Monckton was an Australian backstroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 100-metre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Although he set multiple world records, he never won an Olympic gold medal."
tagline: "Australian swimmer (1938–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Monckton_1960.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1938-10-28"
deathDate: "2017-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.603816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "约翰·蒙克顿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton_(swimmer)"
    title: "John Monckton (swimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان مونکتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monckton"
    title: "John Monckton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C)"
    title: "Джон Монктон (плавець)"
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    title: "John Monckton"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump