# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zanele-situ
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:45.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zanele-situ"
name: "Zanele Situ"
slug: "zanele-situ"
description: "Ntombizanele Situ, better known as Zanele Situ, was a South African Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category F54 throwing events. Specialising in the javelin throw, Situ was a two-time gold medalist at both the Paralympics and the IPC Athletics World Championships and was the first female South African black athlete to win a Paralympic gold medal."
tagline: "South African Paralympic athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zanelesitu-01.svg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-01-19"
deathDate: "2023-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             5.606741573033708
  historical:           7.20468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "زانيل سيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Situ"
    title: "Zanele Situ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8066135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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