# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pratima-gaonkar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:56:25.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pratima-gaonkar"
name: "Pratima Gaonkar"
slug: "pratima-gaonkar"
description: "On 9 October 2001, Pratima Gaonkar, a young Indian intersex athlete and swimmer, was found dead in a well in Goa. The cause was identified as death by suicide; this was in turn caused by Gaonkar's reaction to the disclosure and public commentary surrounding a sex verification test. Gaonkar was reportedly the subject of blackmail attempts, including an accusation by her mother that her coach was accusing her."
tagline: "Indian athlete"
gender: "intersex"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982"
deathDate: "2001-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.3
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.074370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Pratima_Gaonkar"
    title: "Death of Pratima Gaonkar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81"
    title: "প্ৰতিমা গাওঁকাৰৰ মৃত্যু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81"
    title: "প্রতিমা গাঁওকরের মৃত্যু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பிரதிமா காவோங்கர் மரணம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A4"
    title: "ਪ੍ਰਤਿਮਾ ਗਾਓਂਕਰ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8B_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Смерть Пратимы Гаонкар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115141916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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