# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-vinnicombe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:19:21.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-vinnicombe"
name: "Martin Vinnicombe"
slug: "martin-vinnicombe"
description: "James “Martin” Vinnicombe is an Australian former professional track cyclist who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning a silver medal in 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) time trial. He tested positive for steroids in 1991, but accusations were overturned and Vinnicombe received $240,000 in compensation for false allegations in defamation. His former manager, Phill Bates, told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1996: \"If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.\" At 22 years of age, Vinnicombe won the world championship in 1 km (0.62 mi) time trial in 1987, being the first ever Australian to become world champion, He also won the silver medal three times and the bronze medal once (1985). Vinnicombe has placed 9 times at the world championships in 1,000m time trial event."
tagline: "Australian cyclist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.33794133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vinnicombe.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1"
    title: "Мартін Віннікомб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "مارتين ڤينيكومب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "مارتین وینیکمب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vinnicombe"
    title: "Martin Vinnicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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