# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rink-babka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:31:15.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rink-babka"
name: "Rink Babka"
slug: "rink-babka"
description: "Richard Aldrich Babka was an American discus thrower. A former world record holder, Babka also won a silver medal in the discus event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1936–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1936-09-23"
deathDate: "2022-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.34416933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rinkbabka.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "رينك بابكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Babka"
    title: "Richard Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "رینک بابکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%96%E3%82%AB"
    title: "リンク・バブカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%81%ED%81%AC_%EB%B0%A5%EC%B9%B4"
    title: "링크 밥카"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rink_Babka"
    title: "Rink Babka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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