# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ake-nilsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:31:52.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ake-nilsson"
name: "Åke Nilsson"
slug: "ake-nilsson"
description: "Karl Åke Nilsson is a retired Swedish javelin thrower. In 1968 he won the national title and set a national record at 87.76 m, which ranked him #3 in the world and was enough for an Olympic bronze medal. He threw a mere 83.48 m in the 1968 Olympic final and placed sixth."
tagline: "Swedish javelin thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%85ke_Nilsson_(javelin).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1945-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             6.363636363636363
  historical:           6.337221333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Nilsson_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Åke Nilsson (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "أكي نيلسون (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اكى نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Nilsson_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Åke Nilsson (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Nilsson_(athlete)"
    title: "Åke Nilsson (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Nilsson"
    title: "Åke Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Nilsson"
    title: "Åke Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6012232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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