# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-wales
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:18:16.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-wales"
name: "Ross Wales"
slug: "ross-wales"
description: "Ross Elliott Wales is an American former competition swimmer for Princeton University and a 1968 Olympic Games bronze medalist in the 100-meter butterfly. Ross later served as President of United States Swimming from 1979-1984, as President of U.S. Aquatic Sports, Inc. through 1988, and as an executive with FINA, the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur. He served as President of the National Swimming Foundation from 1984-1987."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1947-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             0.3157894736842105
  historical:           9.803528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B7"
    title: "Росс Вейлз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "روس ويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "روس ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wales"
    title: "Ross Wales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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