# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-rippon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:48.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-rippon"
name: "Melissa Rippon"
slug: "melissa-rippon"
description: "Melissa Alison Rippon is an Australian former water polo player. She played for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League. She represented Australia in water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics winning bronze medals at both of the latter two. She has earned a bronze medal at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup."
tagline: "Australian water polo player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Rippon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1981-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.005472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "梅利莎·里彭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميليسا ريبون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ملیسا ریپون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rippon"
    title: "Melissa Rippon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Rippon"
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    title: "Мел Ріппон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump