Template:Infobox sportsperson/doc

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 * Module:Infobox via Template:Infobox
 * Module:InfoboxImage
 * Template:Br separated entries
 * Template:Infobox person/height
 * Template:Infobox person/weight
 * Template:Convinfobox
 * Template:Infobox medal templates
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TemplateData
{	"params": { "honorific_prefix": { "aliases": [ "honorific prefix" ],			"type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Honorific prefix for infobox title. Use of this parameter helps machine-readers distinguish the actual name.", "label": "Honorific prefix" },		"name": { "label": "Name", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The short or common name of the subject. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the article is used" },		"honorific_suffix": { "aliases": [ "honorific suffix" ],			"type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Honorific suffix for infobox title. Use of this parameter helps machine-readers distinguish the actual name.", "label": "Honorific suffix" },		"image": { "label": "Image", "type": "wiki-file-name", "deprecated": false, "description": "An image of the subject. Type the name of the image file without adding File: before it or wikilinking it. If no image is available yet, do not use an image placeholder" },		"image_size": { "aliases": [ "imagesize" ],			"label": "Image size", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The image size. Use only when absolutely necessary." },		"alt": { "label": "Alternative text", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Alternative text for the image, used when the image cannot be load or by the screenreaders for visually disabled people." },		"caption": { "label": "Image caption", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "A caption for the image displayed." },		"headercolor": { "label": "Header color", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Changes the default color of headers. Accepts any valid CSS color name or color value (e.g., lightblue, orange, #2468A0). To determine the hex triplet of a color, see List of colors article or List of colors. Alternatively your browser's developer tool (e.g. in Firefox 33 or IE 11) might help." },		"native_name": { "label": "Native name", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The person's name in his or her native language, if different than \"name\"." },		"native_name_lang": { "label": "Language of the native name", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639-2 code, e.g., \"fre\" or \"fra\" for French. If more than one, use in |native_name= instead." },		"birth_name": { "aliases": [ "birthname" ],			"label": "Birth name", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The birth name of the subject, if different than \"name\"." },		"full_name": { "aliases": [ "fullname" ],			"label": "Full name", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The full name of the subject, if different than \"name\" and \"birth_name\"." },		"nickname": { "label": "Nickname", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's common nickname(s). If there is more than one, list the names alphabetically and separate them with commas." },		"nationality": { "label": "Nationality", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's nationality. May be used instead of citizenship (below) or vice versa in cases where any confusion could result. Should only be used with citizenship when they somehow differ. Should only be used if nationality cannot be inferred from the birthplace. Do not use a flag template. This parameter is not displayed when the national_team parameter is defined." },		"national_team": { "label": "National team", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The national team for which the subject competes in international events. This parameter is used for those who have represented their country as a member of a national team in international competition such as the Olympic Games, World Championships for the sport, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games, etc." },		"ethnicity": { "label": "Ethnicity", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Ethnic background. Rarely useful, and must be supported with a citation from a reliable source. Do not use a flag template" },		"citizenship": { "label": "Citizenship", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Country of legal citizenship, if different from nationality. Rarely needed. See usage notes for nationality above. Should only be used if citizenship cannot be inferred from the birthplace. Do not use a flag template." },		"birth_date": { "label": "Birth date", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's birth date. Use year" },		"birth_place": { "label": "Place of birth", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's place of birth. Do not use a flag template." },		"death_place": { "label": "Place of death", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's place of death, if applicable. Do not use a flag template." },		"death_date": { "label": "Death date", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's death date, if applicable. Use death year." },		"resting_place": { "aliases": [ "resting place", "restingplace" ],			"label": "Resting place", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc. Use name alone. Do not use a flag template." },		"resting_place_coordinates": { "aliases": [ "resting place coordinates", "restingplacecoordinates" ],			"label": "Resting place coordinates", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "GPS coordinates for place of burial, ash-scattering, etc." },		"monuments": { "label": "Monuments", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Significant monuments erected, buildings named, etc., in honour of the subject. If many, link to an appropriate section of the article instead." },		"residence": { "label": "Residence", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's place of residence. Do not use a flag template." },		"education": { "label": "Education", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Education, e.g., degree, institution and graduation year, if relevant. If very little information is available or relevant, the |alma_mater= parameter may be more appropriate." },		"alma_mater": { "aliases": [ "alma mater" ],			"label": "Alma mater", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The sportsperson's alma mater. This parameter is a more concise alternative to |education=, and will most often simply consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution. It is usually not relevant to include either parameter for non-graduates, but article talk page consensus may conclude otherwise, as at Bill Gates." },		"occupation": { "label": "Occupation", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Occupation as given in the article lead, including sport and non-sport professions, e.g., Professional footballer, coach, sports journalist and venture capitalist. Try to avoid too much redundancy with the |sport= parameter." },		"years_active": { "aliases": [ "years active", "yearsactive" ],			"label": "Years active", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "Date range in years of the subject's activity in their principal occupation(s) and/or other activity for which they are notable. Use the format 1950–2000, or 1970–present if still active (note the use of an en dash, not hyphen). Do not link dates or years." },		"employer": { "label": "Employer", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's employer(s). This is a good place for noting publications that the subject writes articles for, TV shows they are commentators, sporting goods companies for whom they do endorsements, etc. Use or  to format multiple entries, and use common sense explanatory notes if needed, e.g., to distinguish between multiple sports or disciplines." },		"agent": { "label": "Agent", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's agent (individual and/or agency)." },		"height": { "label": "Height", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's height, if relevant. Use \"X cm\", \"X m\", or \"X ft Y in\" (without quotation marks). The infobox will automatically display the appropriate conversion within parentheses. To satisfy international variations of English, if the subject is American or British (or primarily notable in English for playing on an American or British team, or for participating in American or British sports) enter the height in feet and inches. The infobox will add a conversion to centimeters:  → \"6 ft 3 in (191 cm)\". Conversely, if he or she is not American or British, enter the height in centimetres. The infobox will add a conversion to feet and inches:   → \"191 cm (6 ft 3 in)\". If the subject's height stated in a source is the converted measurement, ensure that this measurement is accurately stated. For example, if a source states that an American or British athlete is 192 cm tall, enter   to get the result \"6 ft 3.6 in (192 cm)\". Some experimentation using the \"Show preview\" button may be required. Indicating, which would yield \"6 ft 4 in (193 cm)\", would be inaccurate. For sportspersons who have not reached their adult height, it is important to add the year when the height was measured, in parentheses (round brackets) after the height. Provide a reference for the information after the year, in parentheses, indicating in the footnote both the source and the original units, like this: \"[ source of information ] (original measurement in feet and inches)\"; see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Unit conversions. The height parameter also accepts conversions done via the Convert template:  → \"6 ft 3 in (191 cm)\" or   → \"191 cm (6 ft 3 in)\"."		},		"height_cm": {			"label": "Height in centimeters",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Height in centimeters. Number only, please. Causes \"Height in feet\" and \"height in inches\" parameters to be ignored. (Deliberate)"		},		"height_ft": {			"label": "Height in feet",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Feet component of height, when express in a \"# ft # in\" format. Use \"Height in inches\" parameter to add the inch component. Integer number only, please. Ignored if \"height in centimeters\" is indicated."		},		"height_in": {			"label": "Height in inches",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Height in inches. If \"Height in feet\" is also added, this parameters is taken as the inch component of height, when express in a \"# ft. # in.\" format. (Otherwise, it is construed as full height in inches.) Number only, please. Ignored if \"height in centimeters\" is indicated."		},		"weight": {			"label": "Weight",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The subject's weight, if relevant. Use \"X kg\", \"X lb\" or \"X st Y lb\" (without quotation marks). The infobox will automatically display the appropriate conversion within parentheses. If he or she is American (or primarily notable in English for playing for an American team, of for participating in U.S. sports), enter the weight in pounds. The infobox will add a conversion to kilograms:  → \"120 lb (54 kg)\". If he or she is not American, enter the weight in kilograms. The infobox will add a conversion to pounds:  → \"60 kg (132 lb)\". After the weight, add the year when the weight was measured, in parentheses. Please supply a reference in the same manner as for the subject's height. The weight parameter also accepts conversions done via the Convert template:  → \"120 lb (54 kg)\" or   → \"60 kg (132 lb)\". When using the convert template for kilogram-to-pound conversions, the final zero is necessary for correct rounding. Otherwise, it would display as \"60 kg (130 lb)\"."		},		"weight_kg": {			"label": "Weight in kilograms",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Weight in kilograms. Number only, please. If specified, \"weight in stones\" and \"weight in pounds\" parameters are ignored."		},		"weight_st": {			"label": "Weight in stones",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Stones component of weight, to be expressed in \"# st. # lb.\" format. Number only, please. Use \"weight in pounds\" parameter to specify the pounds component. Ignored if \"weight in kilograms\" is specified."		},		"weight_lb": {			"label": "Weight in pounds",			"type": "number",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Weight in pounds. If \"weight in stones\" is specified, this parameter is used as the pounds component of \"# st. # lb.\" format. (Otherwise, it is taken as weight in full.) Number only, please. Ignored if weight in kilograms is already specified."		},		"spouse": {			"label": "Spouse(s)",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Name of spouse(s), followed by years of marriage. Use the format Name (1950–present) for current spouse and Name (1970–1999) for former spouse(s); for convenience, consider using. Separate entries using or. For deceased persons still married at time of death, close the date range with death year."		},		"life_partner": {			"label": "Life partner(s)",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "For unmarried life partners (of any gender or sexual preference), not business partners. Use the format Name (1950–present) for current partner and Name (1970–1999) for former partner(s)."		},		"other_interests": {			"aliases": [				"other-interests"			],			"label": "Other interests",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Significant interests other than sports that the subject has. Please use this parameter sparingly."		},		"website": {			"label": "Website",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Official website only. Unofficial websites should be placed under ==External links== in the body of the article. Use undefined as in ExampleSite.com. Do not include the www. part unless the server is misconfigured and requires it. Use camel case capitalization to make multiword domain names easier to read."		},		"country": {			"label": "Country",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The country or countries that the subject represents in sport, if any (not all sports involve nationalistic representation). Do not use a flag template. Wikilink the country name only if doing so would not be redundant with links already present in prior parameters. Use or  to format multiple entries, and use common sense explanatory notes if needed: United Kingdom (assoc. football, rugby league)

New Zealand (rugby union)"		},		"sport": {			"label": "Sport",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The sport(s) that the subject has notably participated in (basketballers dabbling in tournament poker, or cricketers doing celebrity golf fundraisers does not count as notable participation in those sports). Use or   to format multiple entries; list the events chronologically, alphabetically or by depth of participation, as best suits the article; and give date ranges and other clarifications where appropriate. Link the name of the sport to a suitable Wikipedia article if one is available. Using the footballer example given under |occupation= above, the |sport= value might be Rugby league (1991–1992)|Association football (1992–2001)|Rugby union (coach, 2001–present)."		},		"position": {			"label": "Position",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Primary position (e.g., goalkeeper, forward, quarterback, ...)"		},		"disability": {			"label": "Disability",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "A disability that the subject has."		},		"disability_class": {			"label": "Disability class",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The disability sport classification(s) that the subject competes under."		},		"weight_class": {			"label": "Weight class",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The weight classification(s) that the subject competes under, if applicable in that sport"		}, "weight_class_type": { "label": "Weight class type", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "If the sport in which this sportsperson competes has a technical name for \"weight class\", use this parameter to specify it, thus changing the \"weight class\" label to something else." },		"rank": { "label": "Rank", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The rank of the subject in their sport. Use to indicate belt colour for martial artists." },		"event": { "label": "Event", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The event(s) or discipline(s) within the sport that the subject specializes in, wikilinked to suitable article(s). Use or   to format multiple entries, and list the events alphabetically, chronologically or by depth of participation, as best suits the articleBreaststroke

Freestyle. This parameter should be removed when not useful, as in the case of the footballer example given in |occupation= and |sport=, above."		},		"universityteam": {			"label": "University team",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The team (squad) that the subject plays or played on at his or her university. If this parameter is set, \"College team\" parameter will not work. (Deliberate)\n\nUse or  to format multiple entries, and use common sense explanatory notes if needed, e.g., to distinguish between multiple sports or disciplines."		},		"collegeteam": {			"label": "College team",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The team (squad) that the subject plays or played on at his or her college. If \"University team\" parameter is set, this parameter will be ignored. (Deliberate)\n\nUse or  to format multiple entries, and use common sense explanatory notes if needed, e.g., to distinguish between multiple sports or disciplines."		},		"league": {			"label": "League",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The name of the sport league(s), federation(s) or other sanctioning system(s) under which the sportsperson plays/played. It is not necessary to add this parameter if the sport in question has only one such notable organization. For play under/membership in a regional (e.g., continental) federation, it may be useful to name that body and the parent organization, e.g., European Pocket Billiard Federation (WPA)."		},		"league_type": {			"label": "League type",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Changes the “League” heading to another word, such as \"Federation\", \"Association\", etc., to match the terminology used in the sport."		},		"club": {			"label": "Club",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The name of the sport club(s) that the subject belongs/belonged to, if any, with the years in parentheses. Use or  to format multiple entries. Do not use both, unless the terms have distinct meanings in the sport in question (which is not the case with football (soccer) – \"club\", \"team\" and \"squad\" are synonymous (but this template does not support a |squad= parameter)."		},		"team": {			"label": "Team",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The name of the sport team(s) that the subject belongs/belonged to, if any, with the years in parentheses. Use or  to format multiple entries. Do not use both, unless the terms have distinct meanings in the sport in question (which is not the case with football (soccer) – \"club\", \"team\" and \"squad\" are synonymous (but this template does not support a |squad= parameter)."		},		"turnedpro": {			"label": "Turned pro in",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The date or year that the subject turned professional. Do not link dates or years."		},		"partner": {			"label": "Partner",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Other sportpeople with whom the subject regularly plays doubles matches."		},		"former_partner": {			"aliases": [				"formerpartner"			],			"label": "Former partner",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Other sportpeople with whom the subject used to play doubles matches."		},		"coach": {			"label": "Coach",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The name of a notable person who is coaching or once coached the subject, and the years in parentheses after the name."		},		"retired": {			"label": "Retired",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The date or year that the subject retired from sports., if applicable. If the subject died before formal retirement, do not add the death date to this parameter, just remove it entirely. Do not link dates or years."		},		"coaching": {			"label": "Now coaching",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "The names of notable other sportspeople that the subject is now coaching. Only add the names of persons who have Wikipedia articles about them (no red links). If there is more than one person, arrange the names alphabetically by last name and separate them with commas."		},		"worlds": {			"label": "World finals",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Significant titles the subject has earned at world or international, regional and national competitions, and at the Olympic or Paralympic Games"		},		"regionals": {			"label": "Regional finals",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Regional means multi-national, not sub-national; sub-national competition is not notable enough for an infobox."		},		"nationals": {			"label": "National finals",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "nationals competition"		},		"olympics": {			"label": "Olympic finals",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false		},		"paralympics": {			"label": "Paralympic finals",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false, "description": "If the sport is not Olympic, then remove the |olympics= parameter." },		"commonwealth": { "label": "Commonwealth finals", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "If the subject does not have a disability, then remove the |paralympics= parameter." },		"highestranking": { "label": "Highest world ranking", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "The subject's highest world ranking (as a cardinal numeral) with the year(s) when this was achieved in parentheses, like this: 1st (2005). Add the discipline/event or other clarifiers if needed: 1st (freestyle, 2005), or use a longer prose description of the title WPA World Nine-ball Champion (Men's Div., 2009)." },		"pb": { "label": "Personal best(s)", "type": "string", "deprecated": false, "description": "If applicable, the personal best times the subject has achieved with the years when these were achieved in parentheses, using or  to format list items:  100 m backstroke: 1:03.17 (2001, WR)

200 m butterfly: 2:12.63 (2003). The following abbreviations may be used in parentheses after the year: CR – competition record, NR – national record, OR – Olympic record, PR – Paralympic record, WR – world record."		},		"medaltemplates": {			"label": "Medal templates",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "All templates from the medal record infobox except and. Set out the medal templates in the order stated in the medal templates documentation, and arrange the competitions alphabetically by name. "		},		"show-medals": {			"label": "Show medals?",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "If set to \"no\", the medal table is collapsed. By default, it is expanded and will only be collapsed if the \"hide\" link is clicked. The default should be left as is unless there are more than three medals."		},		"module": {			"aliases": [				"misc"			],			"label": "Module",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. Appears above the \"Sports\" section. This parameter is not usually used directly in articles, and are mainly for creating other infoboxes based on this one with additional parameters. To see how these parameters are used, have a look at how is built."		},		"module2": {			"aliases": [				"misc2"			],			"label": "Module2",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. Appears above the \"Achievements\" section. This parameter is not usually used directly in articles, and are mainly for creating other infoboxes based on this one with additional parameters. To see how these parameters are used, have a look at how is built."		},		"module3": {			"aliases": [				"misc3"			],			"label": "Module3",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. Appears below the medal templates and above the \"updated\" parameter."		},		"updated": {			"label": "Date updated",			"type": "string",			"deprecated": false,			"description": "Date the infobox information was updated. For day-month-year (DMY), use:  or. For month-day-year (MDY), use:  or  ."		}	},	"paramOrder": [		"honorific_prefix",		"name",		"honorific_suffix",		"image",		"image_size",		"alt",		"caption",		"headercolor",		"native_name",		"native_name_lang",		"birth_name",		"full_name",		"nickname",		"nationality",		"national_team",		"ethnicity",		"citizenship",		"birth_date",		"birth_place",		"death_date",		"death_place",		"resting_place",		"resting_place_coordinates",		"monuments",		"residence",		"education",		"alma_mater",		"occupation",		"years_active",		"employer",		"agent",		"height",		"height_cm",		"height_ft",		"height_in",		"weight",		"weight_kg",		"weight_st",		"weight_lb",		"spouse",		"life_partner",		"other_interests",		"website",		"country",		"sport",		"position",		"disability",		"disability_class",		"weight_class",		"weight_class_type",		"rank",		"event",		"universityteam",		"collegeteam",		"league",		"league_type",		"club", "team", "turnedpro", "partner", "former_partner", "coach", "retired", "coaching", "worlds", "regionals", "nationals", "olympics", "paralympics", "commonwealth", "highestranking", "pb", "medaltemplates", "show-medals", "module", "module2", "module3", "updated" ],	"format": "block" }