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'''Infobox athlete''' is WikiPartner's standard infobox for individual athletes and sportspeople, including footballers, cricketers, basketball players, tennis players, runners, swimmers, boxers, martial artists, racing drivers, and other notable competitors. Use this template for individual people. Sports teams and clubs should use their own organization or sports-team infobox. All parameters are optional. Add only information

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'''Infobox athlete''' is WikiPartner's standard infobox for individual athletes and sportspeople, including footballers, cricketers, basketball players, tennis players, runners, swimmers, boxers, martial artists, racing drivers, and other notable competitors.

Use this template for individual people. Sports teams and clubs should use their own organization or sports-team infobox.

All parameters are optional. Add only information supported by reliable sources. Empty fields are automatically hidden.

Adding this template to an article also generates WikiPartner <code>Person</code> structured data with the person's sporting profession represented as an occupation. Team memberships, sports skills, physical measurements, education, awards, official website, and image may also be represented when suitable data is supplied.
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== Short usage ==

Use this version for most athlete articles.

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{{Infobox athlete
| name =
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality =
| occupation =
| sport =
| position =
| current_team =
| national_team =
| height =
| awards =
| website =
}}
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== Full usage ==

Use this version when more information is available. Remove parameters that are not needed.

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{{Infobox athlete
| name =
| native_name =
| other_name =
| birth_name =

| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =

| birth_date =
| birth_date_iso =
| birth_place =

| death_date =
| death_date_iso =
| death_place =

| nationality =
| citizenship =

| occupation =

| sport =
| discipline =
| events =
| position =
| handedness =
| playing_style =

| years_active =
| debut =
| retired =

| representing =

| current_team =
| club =
| national_team =
| former_teams =
| jersey_number =
| league =
| college_team =

| coach =

| height =
| height_cm =
| weight =
| weight_kg =

| career_record =
| highest_ranking =
| titles =
| medals =
| records =
| personal_bests =

| education =
| alma_mater =

| awards =

| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| relatives =

| website =
}}
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== Examples ==

The examples below show both the wikitext entered by an editor and the finished WikiPartner infobox.

Images are not included so the documentation does not depend on particular uploaded photographs.

=== Footballer — Cristiano Ronaldo ===

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'''Wikitext'''

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{{Infobox athlete
| name = Cristiano Ronaldo
| birth_name = Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
| birth_date = 5 February 1985
| birth_date_iso = 1985-02-05
| birth_place = Funchal, Portugal
| nationality = Portuguese
| occupation = Footballer
| sport = Association football
| position = Forward
| current_team = Al Nassr
| national_team = Portugal
| jersey_number = 7
| height = 1.89 m
| height_cm = 189
}}
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'''Rendered infobox'''

{{Infobox athlete
| name = Cristiano Ronaldo
| birth_name = Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
| birth_date = 5 February 1985
| birth_date_iso = 1985-02-05
| birth_place = Funchal, Portugal
| nationality = Portuguese
| occupation = Footballer
| sport = Association football
| position = Forward
| current_team = Al Nassr
| national_team = Portugal
| jersey_number = 7
| height = 1.89 m
| height_cm = 189
}}

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=== Tennis player — Serena Williams ===

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'''Wikitext'''

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{{Infobox athlete
| name = Serena Williams
| birth_date = 26 September 1981
| birth_date_iso = 1981-09-26
| birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan, United States
| nationality = American
| occupation = Tennis player
| sport = Tennis
| handedness = Right-handed
| height = 1.75 m
| height_cm = 175
| highest_ranking = World No. 1
| titles = 23 Grand Slam singles titles
| medals = 4 Olympic gold medals
}}
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'''Rendered infobox'''

{{Infobox athlete
| name = Serena Williams
| birth_date = 26 September 1981
| birth_date_iso = 1981-09-26
| birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan, United States
| nationality = American
| occupation = Tennis player
| sport = Tennis
| handedness = Right-handed
| height = 1.75 m
| height_cm = 175
| highest_ranking = World No. 1
| titles = 23 Grand Slam singles titles
| medals = 4 Olympic gold medals
}}

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=== Sprinter — Usain Bolt ===

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'''Wikitext'''

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{{Infobox athlete
| name = Usain Bolt
| birth_date = 21 August 1986
| birth_date_iso = 1986-08-21
| nationality = Jamaican
| occupation = Sprinter
| sport = Athletics
| discipline = Sprinting
| events = 100 metres; 200 metres; 4 × 100 metres relay
| medals = 8 Olympic gold medals
| records = 100 m world record; 200 m world record; 4 × 100 m relay world record
| personal_bests = 100 m – 9.58 s; 200 m – 19.19 s
}}
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'''Rendered infobox'''

{{Infobox athlete
| name = Usain Bolt
| birth_date = 21 August 1986
| birth_date_iso = 1986-08-21
| nationality = Jamaican
| occupation = Sprinter
| sport = Athletics
| discipline = Sprinting
| events = 100 metres; 200 metres; 4 × 100 metres relay
| medals = 8 Olympic gold medals
| records = 100 m world record; 200 m world record; 4 × 100 m relay world record
| personal_bests = 100 m – 9.58 s; 200 m – 19.19 s
}}

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== Usage notes ==

* Use <code>name</code> for the athlete's commonly recognized name.
* Use <code>native_name</code> when the person's name in another writing system is useful.
* Use <code>other_name</code> for another widely recognized name, nickname, or professional name.
* <code>other_names</code> is accepted as an alias for <code>other_name</code>.
* Use <code>birth_name</code> only when different from the commonly used name.
* Use <code>image</code> for the portrait or suitable sports image filename only. Do not include <code>[[File:...]]</code>.
* Use <code>image_alt</code> for short alternative text describing the image.
* <code>alt</code> is accepted as an alias for <code>image_alt</code>.
* Use only properly licensed images.
* Use <code>birth_date</code> and <code>death_date</code> for dates displayed to readers.
* Use <code>birth_date_iso</code> and <code>death_date_iso</code> for structured data. Accepted formats are <code>YYYY</code>, <code>YYYY-MM</code>, and <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code>.
* Use <code>nationality</code> and <code>citizenship</code> only when relevant and reliably documented.
* <code>occupation</code> defaults to <code>Athlete</code>.
* Prefer a more specific occupation where useful, such as <code>Footballer</code>, <code>Cricketer</code>, <code>Tennis player</code>, <code>Basketball player</code>, <code>Boxer</code>, <code>Swimmer</code>, or <code>Sprinter</code>.
* Use <code>sport</code> for the primary sport.
* Use <code>discipline</code> for a more specific sporting specialization such as sprinting, freestyle swimming, road cycling, or artistic gymnastics.
* Use <code>events</code> for specific competitive events or categories. Separate multiple values with semicolons.
* <code>event</code> is accepted as an alias for <code>events</code>.
* Use <code>position</code> for a playing position such as Forward, Goalkeeper, Quarterback, Bowler, or Point guard.
* Use <code>handedness</code> when playing hand is important, such as in tennis or racket sports.
* Use <code>playing_style</code> only when a recognized playing style is useful and reliably sourced.
* Use <code>years_active</code> for the professional or international career period.
* Use <code>debut</code> for an important professional, senior, or international debut.
* Use <code>retired</code> only after retirement has actually been announced or clearly established.
* Use <code>representing</code> when the country or sporting delegation represented in competition is useful.
* Use <code>current_team</code> for the athlete's current professional or club team.
* <code>team</code> is accepted as an alias for <code>current_team</code>.
* Use <code>club</code> when a sports or training club is useful and distinct from the current team field.
* Use <code>national_team</code> for a national team currently represented by the athlete.
* Use <code>former_teams</code> only for important former teams. Do not turn the infobox into a complete career-history table.
* Use <code>jersey_number</code> only when a current number is relevant to the sport.
* Jersey numbers can change after transfers or squad changes, so keep this field current.
* Use <code>league</code> only when the athlete participates in a clearly identified professional league.
* Use <code>college_team</code> when college or university sport is an important part of the person's career.
* Use <code>coach</code> for a current or major coach when reliably documented.
* Coaches can change, so current coaching information should be kept updated.
* Use <code>height</code> for the human-readable height shown to readers.
* Use <code>height_cm</code> as a numeric centimetre value for structured data. Do not include <code>cm</code> in this field.
* Use <code>weight</code> for a human-readable weight only when useful to the sport.
* Use <code>weight_kg</code> as a numeric kilogram value for structured data. Do not include <code>kg</code> in this field.
* Weight can change frequently, especially in combat sports. Do not present a temporary weigh-in figure as a permanent biographical fact.
* Use <code>career_record</code> for an established win-loss or equivalent career record when the sport commonly uses one.
* Use <code>highest_ranking</code> for the athlete's highest official career ranking rather than a temporary current ranking.
* Use <code>titles</code> for important championships or career titles.
* Use <code>medals</code> for a concise summary of major medals.
* Use <code>records</code> for major official records held or previously set by the athlete.
* Use <code>personal_bests</code> only for sports where personal-best performances are meaningful.
* Use <code>education</code> and <code>alma_mater</code> only when relevant to the biography.
* Use <code>awards</code> for major individual sporting awards rather than every match award or minor honor.
* Use family fields only when appropriate and supported by reliable sources.
* Use <code>website</code> only for an official personal, federation, team, or professional page directly associated with the athlete.
* <code>url</code> is accepted as an alias for <code>website</code>.
* Do not add current betting odds, fantasy-sports values, transfer rumors, estimated transfer fees, temporary rankings, speculative injuries, or unconfirmed team moves.
* Do not combine measurements, records, statistics, positions, or team information from different people or different career periods.
* Leave unused parameters out.
* Do not guess measurements, rankings, records, medals, team memberships, dates, or other sporting information.
* Important claims should be supported by reliable sources.

== Structured data ==

WikiPartner represents an individual athlete as Schema.org <code>Person</code>.

The athlete's profession is represented through <code>hasOccupation</code> and Schema.org <code>Occupation</code>.

The supplied sport, discipline, and competitive events may be represented through the person's <code>skills</code>.

Current professional and national teams may be represented through <code>memberOf</code> using Schema.org <code>SportsTeam</code>. A separately supplied sports club may be represented through <code>affiliation</code> using <code>SportsOrganization</code>.

When <code>height_cm</code> or <code>weight_kg</code> is supplied, WikiPartner emits Schema.org <code>QuantitativeValue</code> data with the correct measurement unit.

Fields such as position, coach, jersey number, former teams, career record, ranking, medals, titles, records, and personal bests remain visible encyclopedic information rather than being forced into unrelated structured-data properties.

== TemplateData ==

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{
"description": "WikiPartner's standard infobox for individual athletes and sportspeople, including footballers, cricketers, basketball players, tennis players, runners, swimmers, boxers, martial artists, and other notable competitors.",
"params": {
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"description": "Commonly recognized name of the athlete.",
"type": "string"
},
"native_name": {
"label": "Native name",
"description": "Name in the athlete's native language or writing system.",
"type": "string"
},
"other_name": {
"label": "Other names",
"description": "Other widely recognized names, nicknames, or professional names.",
"type": "string",
"aliases": [
"other_names"
]
},
"birth_name": {
"label": "Birth name",
"description": "Name at birth when different from the commonly used name.",
"type": "string"
},
"image": {
"label": "Image",
"description": "Main athlete portrait or action image filename without File markup.",
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"image_alt": {
"label": "Image alternative text",
"description": "Short alternative text describing the image.",
"type": "string",
"aliases": [
"alt"
]
},
"caption": {
"label": "Image caption",
"description": "Short caption displayed below the image.",
"type": "string"
},
"birth_date": {
"label": "Birth date",
"description": "Human-readable birth date.",
"type": "string"
},
"birth_date_iso": {
"label": "Birth date ISO",
"description": "Machine-readable birth date in YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD format.",
"type": "string"
},
"birth_place": {
"label": "Birth place",
"description": "Place where the athlete was born.",
"type": "string"
},
"death_date": {
"label": "Death date",
"description": "Human-readable death date when applicable.",
"type": "string"
},
"death_date_iso": {
"label": "Death date ISO",
"description": "Machine-readable death date in YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD format.",
"type": "string"
},
"death_place": {
"label": "Death place",
"description": "Place where the athlete died when applicable.",
"type": "string"
},
"nationality": {
"label": "Nationality",
"description": "Athlete's nationality when relevant and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"citizenship": {
"label": "Citizenship",
"description": "Athlete's citizenship when relevant and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"occupation": {
"label": "Occupation",
"description": "Professional sporting occupation or occupations. Defaults to Athlete.",
"type": "string",
"default": "Athlete"
},
"sport": {
"label": "Sport",
"description": "Primary sport, such as association football, tennis, athletics, cricket, or boxing.",
"type": "string"
},
"discipline": {
"label": "Discipline",
"description": "Sporting discipline or specialization, such as sprinting, freestyle swimming, or singles tennis.",
"type": "string"
},
"events": {
"label": "Events",
"description": "Competitive events or categories. Separate multiple events with semicolons.",
"type": "string",
"aliases": [
"event"
]
},
"position": {
"label": "Position",
"description": "Playing position or role when the sport uses positions.",
"type": "string"
},
"handedness": {
"label": "Handedness",
"description": "Playing hand or handedness when relevant, such as Right-handed or Left-handed.",
"type": "string"
},
"playing_style": {
"label": "Playing style",
"description": "Recognized playing style when useful and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"years_active": {
"label": "Years active",
"description": "Period during which the athlete has been professionally or internationally active.",
"type": "string"
},
"debut": {
"label": "Debut",
"description": "Human-readable professional or senior debut information.",
"type": "string"
},
"retired": {
"label": "Retired",
"description": "Retirement date or year when applicable.",
"type": "string"
},
"representing": {
"label": "Representing",
"description": "Country or sporting delegation represented in competition when useful.",
"type": "string"
},
"current_team": {
"label": "Current team",
"description": "Current professional or club team when applicable.",
"type": "string",
"aliases": [
"team"
]
},
"club": {
"label": "Club",
"description": "Sports club or training club when distinct from the current team.",
"type": "string"
},
"national_team": {
"label": "National team",
"description": "National team represented by the athlete when applicable.",
"type": "string"
},
"former_teams": {
"label": "Former teams",
"description": "Important former professional or club teams. Keep the list concise.",
"type": "string"
},
"jersey_number": {
"label": "Jersey number",
"description": "Current shirt, squad, or jersey number when relevant.",
"type": "string"
},
"league": {
"label": "League",
"description": "Current or principal professional league when relevant.",
"type": "string"
},
"college_team": {
"label": "College team",
"description": "College or university sports team when notable and relevant.",
"type": "string"
},
"coach": {
"label": "Coach",
"description": "Current or major coach when reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"height": {
"label": "Height",
"description": "Human-readable height with units.",
"type": "string"
},
"height_cm": {
"label": "Height in centimetres",
"description": "Numeric height in centimetres used for structured data.",
"type": "number"
},
"weight": {
"label": "Weight",
"description": "Human-readable weight with units when relevant.",
"type": "string"
},
"weight_kg": {
"label": "Weight in kilograms",
"description": "Numeric weight in kilograms used for structured data.",
"type": "number"
},
"career_record": {
"label": "Career record",
"description": "Career win-loss or other recognized competition record when meaningful for the sport.",
"type": "string"
},
"highest_ranking": {
"label": "Highest ranking",
"description": "Highest official career ranking achieved by the athlete.",
"type": "string"
},
"titles": {
"label": "Titles",
"description": "Major championships or career titles won by the athlete.",
"type": "string"
},
"medals": {
"label": "Medals",
"description": "Major medals or a concise medal summary.",
"type": "string"
},
"records": {
"label": "Records",
"description": "Major official records held or previously set by the athlete.",
"type": "string"
},
"personal_bests": {
"label": "Personal bests",
"description": "Important personal-best performances when meaningful for the sport.",
"type": "string"
},
"education": {
"label": "Education",
"description": "Relevant educational background.",
"type": "string"
},
"alma_mater": {
"label": "Alma mater",
"description": "Educational institutions attended or graduated from.",
"type": "string"
},
"awards": {
"label": "Awards",
"description": "Major individual sporting or career awards.",
"type": "string"
},
"spouse": {
"label": "Spouse",
"description": "Spouse when appropriate and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"partner": {
"label": "Partner",
"description": "Long-term partner when appropriate and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"children": {
"label": "Children",
"description": "Children when appropriate and reliably documented.",
"type": "string"
},
"relatives": {
"label": "Relatives",
"description": "Notable relatives when relevant to the person's biography.",
"type": "string"
},
"website": {
"label": "Website",
"description": "Official personal, team, federation, or professional website directly associated with the athlete.",
"type": "url",
"aliases": [
"url"
]
}
}
}
</templatedata>

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