# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-shmerkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:40:10.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-shmerkin"
name: "Michael Shmerkin"
slug: "michael-shmerkin"
description: "Michael \"Misha\" Shmerkin is an Israeli former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Skate Canada International silver medalist, 1993 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and 1995 Skate Israel champion. He competed in the final segment at two Winter Olympics, six World Championships, and four European Championships. He is currently a figure skating teacher/coach for many young adults and children. He is located in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York. He was the first Israeli ever to compete in the Winter Olympics."
tagline: "Figure skater"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1970-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.870194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "מיכאל שמרקין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shmerkin"
    title: "Michael Shmerkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shmerkin"
    title: "Michael Shmerkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Михайло Шмеркін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ミカエル・シュメルキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shmerkin"
    title: "Michael Shmerkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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