# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-manuel-lopez-mella
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:13:49.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-manuel-lopez-mella"
name: "Juan Manuel López Mella"
slug: "juan-manuel-lopez-mella"
description: "Juan Manuel López Mella was a Spanish professional motorcycle racer at Grand Prix and Superbike levels. After coming second in the national championships in 1985, he entered international competitions for the first time in 1987. He was the first person from Galicia to enter the competition. He came third in the 1991 Spanish Superbike race at Jarama, the first person from Spain to gain a podium position in the competition, and was named Spanish Superbike champion in both 1991 and 1992, becoming the highest placed private rider overall in 1993. In 1995, he started riding in the Thunderbike tournament but was killed in a road accident early in the season. Lugo, his city of birth, has named a park that teaches road safety in his honour and hosts a museum in his memory."
tagline: "Spanish motorcycle racer (1965–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella_1994_Mugello.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1965-04-12"
deathDate: "1995-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/groups%2F48763482591"
    handle:    "groups/48763482591"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella"
    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خوان لوبيز (متسابق دراجات نارية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella"
    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella"
    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella"
    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_L%C3%B3pez_Mella"
    title: "Juan López Mella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1119597"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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