# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-de-wit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:29.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-de-wit"
name: "Willie de Wit"
slug: "willie-de-wit"
description: "William Theodore deWit, Q.C. is a Justice of the Alberta Court of Appeal sitting in Calgary since 2023. Previously, he was a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, a criminal defence lawyer and a professional boxer. He represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the heavyweight division. DeWit and teammate Shawn O'Sullivan were heavily touted going into the Games, as both had won the world championship."
tagline: "Canadian lawyer and boxer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1961-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.95
  momentum:             2.325581395348837
  historical:           11.55637333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威利·德威特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ويلي دي فيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ويلى دى فيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_deWit"
    title: "Willie deWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_deWit"
    title: "Willie deWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_deWit"
    title: "William deWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلی دویت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_DeWit"
    title: "Willie DeWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_deWit"
    title: "Willie deWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_DeWit"
    title: "Willie DeWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Де Вит, Уилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_DeWit"
    title: "Willie DeWit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Віллі де Віт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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