# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-sanders
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:21:50.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-sanders"
name: "Rick Sanders"
slug: "rick-sanders"
description: "Richard Joseph \"Rick\" Sanders was an American folkstyle and freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1969 World Championships, finishing second at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 1967 World Championships. After the 1972 Olympics, while traveling to Greece, he was killed in a car accident in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In 1987, Sanders was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler from the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Sanders_vs_Eduardo_Maggiolo_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1945-01-20"
deathDate: "1972-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             22.74193548387097
  historical:           10.87606266666667
  currentAttention:     4.24
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E6%A1%91%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF"
    title: "里克·桑德斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ريك ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sanders"
    title: "Richard Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanders_(wrestler)"
    title: "Rick Sanders (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sanders_(luchador)"
    title: "Richard Sanders (luchador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ریچارد ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sanders"
    title: "Richard Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sanders"
    title: "Richard Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Ричард Сандерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanders"
    title: "Rick Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Сандерс, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sanders"
    title: "Richard Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2150517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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