# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-furlong
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:28:07.231Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-furlong"
name: "Rob Furlong"
slug: "rob-furlong"
description: "Rob Furlong is a Canadian former military sniper who, from March 2002 until November 2009, held the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at 2,430 m (2,657 yd). His record stood for over seven years until surpassed by British soldier Craig Harrison with a distance of 2,475 m (2,707 yd)."
tagline: "Canadian sniper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rob-ferlong.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1976-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.24
  momentum:             0.1137701059238917
  historical:           6.826141333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong"
    title: "Rob Furlong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "روب فورلونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong"
    title: "Rob Furlong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong"
    title: "Rob Furlong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Furlong"
    title: "Robert Furlong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong"
    title: "Rob Furlong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Фарлонг, Роб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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