# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karin-melis-mey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:19:52.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karin-melis-mey"
name: "Karin Melis Mey"
slug: "karin-melis-mey"
description: "Karin Melis Mey, née Karin Mey, is a South African-born Turkish female long jumper. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen in June 2008, and took the name Melis in addition to her birth name Karin Mey. The 172 cm tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where she is coached by Charley Strohmenger."
tagline: "South African-born Turkish long jumper (born 1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karin_Mey_Melis_Berlin_2009.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1983-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.007164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "كارين ميليس مى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Mey_Melis"
    title: "Karin Mey Melis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "کارین ملیس می"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Мей, Карин Мелис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Melis_Mey"
    title: "Karin Melis Mey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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