# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-melnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:31.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-melnikov"
name: "Yakov Melnikov"
slug: "yakov-melnikov"
description: "Yakov Fyodorovich Melnikov was a Russian and Soviet speed skater. First recipient of the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1934)."
tagline: "Soviet Union speed skater (1896–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Melnikoff_(14570921953)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1896-01-13"
deathDate: "1960-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.96
  momentum:             6
  historical:           6.803204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мельников, Яков Фёдорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ياكوف ميلنيكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Melnikov"
    title: "Jakov Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Melnikov"
    title: "Yakov Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Melnikov"
    title: "Jakov Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Melnikov"
    title: "Jakov Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Melnikov"
    title: "Jakov Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Mielnikow"
    title: "Jakow Mielnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3925549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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