# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/witold-banka
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:06:44.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/witold-banka"
name: "Witold Bańka"
slug: "witold-banka"
description: "Witold Bańka is a Polish former 400 metres sprinter turned politician. Since 2015, he served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in the cabinet of Beata Szydło and cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki. In May 2019, he was elected President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)."
tagline: "Polish sprinter, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka_Pedro's_Cup_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             1.91468253968254
  historical:           7.643236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Вітольд Банька"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Ba%C5%84ka"
    title: "Witold Bańka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Банька, Витольд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569510"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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