# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnathan-wendel
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:48:49.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnathan-wendel"
name: "Johnathan Wendel"
slug: "johnathan-wendel"
description: "Johnathan Wendel, also known as Fatal1ty, is an American entrepreneur and former professional esports player. He made his professional debut at a 1999 Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) tournament, securing third place and $4,000. Wendel continued to compete in CPL events, claiming multiple championships and accumulating $110,000 in prize money. His success soared in subsequent years. Wendel won the CPL World Championship for Aliens vs. Predator 2 in 2001. He became a world champion in Unreal Tournament 2003 after winning the 2002 CPL Winter event. Wendel's achievements extended to Doom 3, where he became the inaugural champion at QuakeCon 2004. In 2005, he won his fifth world title in as many video game titles, after winning the CPL World title in Painkiller, securing an unprecedented $150,000 prize. By the end of his playing career, he had amassed an esports record of $450,000 in prize winnings."
tagline: "American professional esports player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatal1ty_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Gamers"
  slug: "gamers"
profileType:
  name: "Gamer / Esports Player"
  slug: "gamer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076"
birthDate: "1981-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.333266666666667
  currentAttention:     8.464285714285715
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 53
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/FATAL1TY"
    handle:    "FATAL1TY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fatal1ty.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E7%BA%B3%E6%A3%AE%C2%B7%E6%96%87%E5%BE%B7%E5%B0%94"
    title: "乔纳森·文德尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnathan_Wendel"
    title: "Johnathan Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnathan_Wendel"
    title: "Johnathan Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal1ty"
    title: "Fatal1ty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnathan_Wendel"
    title: "Johnathan Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnathan_Wendel"
    title: "Johnathan Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnathan_Wendel"
    title: "Johnathan Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal1ty"
    title: "Fatal1ty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal1ty"
    title: "Fatal1ty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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