# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-sates
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:28:30.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-sates"
name: "Matthew Sates"
slug: "matthew-sates"
description: "Matthew Sates is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the short course 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, and 200 metre individual medley as well as the South African record holder in the 400 metre individual medley. He is the 2022 World Short Course champion in the 200 metre individual medley and bronze medalist in the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, he won the NCAA title in the 500 yard freestyle. For the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, he was the overall male winner, earning a total of 18 medals, including 13 gold medals."
tagline: "South African swimmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "2003-07-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.67
  momentum:             19.98293515358362
  historical:           6.549137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  226
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E4%BF%AE%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E8%8C%A8"
    title: "马修·塞茨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sates"
    title: "Matthew Sates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sates"
    title: "Matthew Sates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "מתיו סייטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sates"
    title: "Matthew Sates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sates"
    title: "Matthew Sates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Метью Сейтс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107699707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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