# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-merlo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:51:08.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-merlo"
name: "Rick Merlo"
slug: "rick-merlo"
description: "Rick Lewis Merlo is an American water polo player who competed for the University of California Irvine and was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics that won the team silver medal."
tagline: "American water polo player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Rick_Merlo_in_2008_National_Team.jpg/330px-Rick_Merlo_in_2008_National_Team.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1982-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.402520000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Рік Мерло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ريك ميرلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Merlo"
    title: "Rick Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Merlo"
    title: "Rick Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ریک مرکلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Merlo"
    title: "Rick Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Merlo"
    title: "Rick Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Merlo"
    title: "Rick Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1448539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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