# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-belote
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:51:15.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-belote"
name: "Melissa Belote"
slug: "melissa-belote"
description: "Melissa Louise Belote, also known by her current married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. She represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, swimming coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Belote_c1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           18.09373866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Belote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump