# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-o-rourke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:55.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-o-rourke"
name: "Mike O'Rourke"
slug: "mike-o-rourke"
description: "Michael David O'Rourke is a former New Zealand javelin thrower. He represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at three Commonwealth Games. He was national champion eight times. O'Rourke was born in Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal."
tagline: "New Zealand javelin thrower"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1955-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             9.545454545454545
  historical:           6.337941333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "迈克·奥罗克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ميك اورورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O%E2%80%99Rourke"
    title: "Mike O’Rourke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O'Rourke_(athlete)"
    title: "Mike O'Rourke (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O'Rourke"
    title: "Mike O'Rourke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O%E2%80%99Rourke"
    title: "Mike O’Rourke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O%E2%80%99Rourke_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "Mike O’Rourke (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6833199"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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