# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-cecotto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:04.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-cecotto"
name: "Johnny Cecotto"
slug: "johnny-cecotto"
description: "Johnny Alberto Cecotto Persello, better known as Johnny Cecotto, is a Venezuelan former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer and auto racer. He rose to prominence as a teenage prodigy in 1975 when he became the youngest motorcycle road racing world champion at the age of 19. Despite the auspicious beginning to his motorcycle racing career, he suffered numerous injuries and mechanical problems which curtailed his success in motorcycle Grand Prix racing."
tagline: "Venezuelan racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Cecotto_(1978).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1956-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.45973466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джони Чекото"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζόνι Τσεκότο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cecotto"
    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョニー・チェコット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cecotto"
    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cecotto"
    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Cecotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173107"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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