# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rocco-van-rooyen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:06.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rocco-van-rooyen"
name: "Rocco van Rooyen"
slug: "rocco-van-rooyen"
description: "Rocco van Rooyen is a South African athlete specialising in the javelin throw. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final."
tagline: "South African athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rocco_Van_Rooyen_%C3%A0_la_finale_du_javelot_Douala_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1992-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.75
  momentum:             4.54919908466819
  historical:           6.338049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Rocco van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9311333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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