# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryk-neethling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:20:34.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryk-neethling"
name: "Ryk Neethling"
slug: "ryk-neethling"
description: "Ryk Neethling OIS is a South African businessman who rose to prominence as a three-time World Aquatic Champion and four-time World Record breaking Olympic swimming champion, participating in four Olympics for South Africa from 1996-2008. He won a gold medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and is known as one of the most accomplished South African swimmers in history. He would later serve as the CEO of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation South Africa, and found the Ryk Neethling Swimming Schools."
tagline: "South African swimmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1977-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2046783625730994
  historical:           13.95846133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  218
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RykNeethling"
    handle:    "RykNeethling"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rykneethling.com/"
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    title: "里克·内特林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryk_Neethling"
    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
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    title: "ریک نیتلینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryk_Neethling"
    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC_%EB%84%A4%ED%8B%80%EB%A7%81"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryk_Neethling"
    title: "Ryk Neethling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
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    title: "Ryk Neethling"
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    title: "Рейк Нетлінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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