# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julie-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:58:14.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julie-mcdonald"
name: "Julie McDonald"
slug: "julie-mcdonald"
description: "Julie Maree McDonald OAM is an Australian former long-distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s and 1990s, who won a bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle, swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She was often considered to be an outspoken and controversial swimmer, who switched to distance freestyle after starting as backstroker."
tagline: "Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1970-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.67408266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E8%8E%89%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%85%8B%E5%94%90%E7%BA%B3"
    title: "朱莉·麦克唐纳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald_(Schwimmerin%2C_1970)"
    title: "Julie McDonald (Schwimmerin, 1970)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald_(swimmer%2C_born_1970)"
    title: "Julie McDonald (swimmer, born 1970)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جولی مک‌دونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_McDonald"
    title: "Julie McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Макдональд, Джулия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F%2C_1970)"
    title: "Джулі Макдоналд (плавчиня, 1970)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1109903"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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