# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malik-joyeux
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:16:16.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malik-joyeux"
name: "Malik Joyeux"
slug: "malik-joyeux"
description: "Malik Joyeux was an accomplished all-around waterman and a professional Big Wave surfer. Known by many as the \"petit prince\", the goofy-foot surfer often gained attention for charging the treacherous barrels at Teahupoo, Tahiti. He was credited in 2003 with the Billabong XXL Tube of the Year for riding one of the largest waves ever to be surfed in history."
tagline: "French Polynesian surfer (1980–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malikjoyeux.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1980-03-31"
deathDate: "2005-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.364077333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Joyeux"
    title: "Malik Joyeux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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