# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:12:47.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-banks"
name: "Willie Banks"
slug: "willie-banks"
description: "William Augustus Banks III is an American athlete. Born at Travis Air Force Base, California, he grew up in San Diego County and went to Oceanside High School. Banks is an Eagle Scout."
tagline: "Triple Jumper, Coach, USATF Board of Directors"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Banks_Seoul_1988.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1956-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.09679866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/williebanks/"
    handle:    "williebanks"
sources:
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    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "וילי בנקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9_(%E9%99%B8%E4%B8%8A%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "ウィリー・バンクス (陸上選手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks"
    title: "Willie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Бэнкс, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вили Бенкс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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