# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-tucker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:55:26.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-tucker"
name: "Russell Tucker"
slug: "russell-tucker"
description: "Russell Wayne George Tucker is a South African athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won several medals on continental level including the gold at the 2015 African Games as well as gold medal in 2016 African games and silver at the 2014 African Championships."
tagline: "South African athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russell_Tucker_Gold_medal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1990-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.73
  momentum:             11.25
  historical:           6.334593333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/that_tank_guy/"
    handle:    "that_tank_guy"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tucker"
    title: "Russell Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "راسيل تاكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "راسيل تاكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tucker"
    title: "Russell Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tucker"
    title: "Russell Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tucker"
    title: "Russell Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tucker"
    title: "Russell Tucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20993682"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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