# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/polychares-of-messenia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:22:16.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/polychares-of-messenia"
name: "Polychares of Messenia"
slug: "polychares-of-messenia"
description: "Polychares of Messenia was an athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the fourth Ancient Olympic Games in 764 BC. The stadion race was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads."
tagline: "Ancient Greek olympics victor in stadion"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "-800"
deathDate: "-800"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.09
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.335709333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares_z_Mess%C3%A9nie"
    title: "Polychares z Messénie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares"
    title: "Polychares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADcares"
    title: "Polícares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares_z_Mess%C3%A9nie"
    title: "Polychares z Messénie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares_(Olympionike)"
    title: "Polychares (Olympionike)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Πολυχάρης ο Μεσσήνιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares_of_Messenia"
    title: "Polychares of Messenia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADcaro_de_Mesenia"
    title: "Polícaro de Mesenia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychar%C3%A8s_de_Mess%C3%A8ne"
    title: "Polycharès de Messène"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychares_z_Mesenii"
    title: "Polychares z Mesenii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7226204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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