# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matjaz-markic
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:35:42.809Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matjaz-markic"
name: "Matjaž Markič"
slug: "matjaz-markic"
description: "Matjaž Markič is a male breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia, who won the gold medal in the men's 50 m breaststroke event at the 2008 European SC Championships in Rijeka. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in 24th place in the men's 100 m breaststroke."
tagline: "Swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1983-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.4
  momentum:             7.678571428571428
  historical:           5.268070666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D"
    title: "Matjaž Markič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D"
    title: "Matjaž Markič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D"
    title: "Matjaž Markič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%88_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%87"
    title: "Матьяш Маркіч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D"
    title: "Matjaž Markič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matja%C5%BE_Marki%C4%8D"
    title: "Matjaž Markič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6787634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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