# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:18:52.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-wells"
name: "Wayne Wells"
slug: "wayne-wells"
description: "Wayne Turner Wells is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1972 Olympic Games. Wells was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in Oklahoma. In 1982, Wells was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1946-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.47
  momentum:             12.5
  historical:           10.210872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "韦恩·韦尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "واين ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "وین ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells_(zapa%C5%9Bnik)"
    title: "Wayne Wells (zapaśnik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэллс, Уэйн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wells"
    title: "Wayne Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1415930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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