# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodney-wilkes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:43:47.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodney-wilkes"
name: "Rodney Wilkes"
slug: "rodney-wilkes"
description: "Rodney Adolphus Wilkes was a weightlifter from Trinidad and Tobago. Nicknamed \"The Mighty Midget\", he remained relatively unknown outside of local competition until he won the gold medal at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. His performance included record lifts of 205 pounds (93 kg) in the press, 210 pounds (95 kg) in the snatch and 275 pounds (125 kg) in the clean and jerk."
tagline: "Trinidad and Tobago weightlifter (1925–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jafar_Salmasi_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1925-03-11"
deathDate: "2014-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.33826533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Rodney Wilkes"
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    title: "Rodney Wilkes"
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    title: "Rodney Wilkes"
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    title: "Rodney Wilkes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump