# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-carlton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:13:46.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-carlton"
name: "Melissa Carlton"
slug: "melissa-carlton"
description: "Melissa Paula Carlton, OAM is a South African-born Australian swimmer. Born with no right leg and short fingers on her left hand, she won gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympics."
tagline: "South African-born Australian Paralympic swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/34_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Swimming_Melissa_Carlton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1978-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.338949333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/msscrltn"
    handle:    "msscrltn"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissacarlton/"
    handle:    "melissacarlton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melissacarlton.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E5%88%A9%E8%8E%8E%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E5%B0%94%E9%A1%BF"
    title: "梅利莎·卡尔顿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Carlton"
    title: "Melissa Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812658"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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