# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-vaughan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:00:04.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-vaughan"
name: "Richard Vaughan"
slug: "richard-vaughan"
description: "Richard Vaughan is a former international badminton player from Wales who is a two-time Olympian, won bronze medals at Commonwealth Games and European Championships and is a twelve-times champion of Wales. From 2015 to 2021 he was the CEO for Squash Australia, and since 2023 the Vice-President and then Chief Operating Officer for the Badminton World Federation (BWF)."
tagline: "Welsh badminton player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.56
  momentum:             1.739130434782609
  historical:           5.470554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vaughan_(Badminton)"
    title: "Richard Vaughan (Badminton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد فوغن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد فوجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vaughan"
    title: "Richard Vaughan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vaughan_(badminton)"
    title: "Richard Vaughan (badminton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vaughan_(b%C3%A1dminton)"
    title: "Richard Vaughan (bádminton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2150807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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