# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-vande-weghe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:41:37.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-vande-weghe"
name: "Al Vande Weghe"
slug: "al-vande-weghe"
description: "Albert Joseph Vande Weghe was an American competition swimmer for Princeton University, a world record holder in backstroke events, and a 1936 Berlin Olympic silver medalist in the Men's 100 meter backstroke. After graduating from Princeton in 1940, he worked thirty-five years as a Chemical Engineer for Dupont Corporation, then after retiring in 1975, returned to swimming at age 74 in 1980 as a United States Masters swimmer for Tulsa Masters, winning many races in age group competitions."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1916-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Vande_Weghe_1938.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1916-07-28"
deathDate: "2002-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             3.762376237623762
  historical:           11.13833733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ел Ванде Веге"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آل فاندى ويج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_van_de_Weghe"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert Vande Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Vande_Weghe"
    title: "Al Vande Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_vande_Weghe"
    title: "Al vande Weghe"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%87"
    title: "آل فنده ویه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vande_Weghe"
    title: "Albert Vande Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_van_de_Weghe"
    title: "Albert van de Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert van de Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vande_Weghe"
    title: "Albert Vande Weghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Vande_Weghe"
    title: "Al Vande Weghe"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Vande_Weghe"
    title: "Al Vande Weghe"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump