# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-walden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:26:04.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-walden"
name: "Bengt Walden"
slug: "bengt-walden"
description: "Bengt Otto Walden is a retired Swedish-born, American luger who has competed since 1985, internationally since 1988, when he joined the Swedish national team. He married American luger Ashley Hayden in 2006, and joined the United States national team in 2007. He switched his citizenship from Sweden to the United States in 2009 in order to be able to compete as an American at the 2010 Olympics. Walden retired from competition after the 2010-11 season. Subsequently, he was appointed as coach of the Norwegian national luge team."
tagline: "Swedish-American luger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017-11-24_Luge_Nationscup_Women_Winterberg_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93126.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1973-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.79
  momentum:             9
  historical:           6.734953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Walden"
    title: "Bengt Walden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "بينغت والدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Walden"
    title: "Bengt Walden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Walden"
    title: "Bengt Walden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Walden"
    title: "Bengt Walden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Walden"
    title: "Bengt Walden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82"
    title: "Вальден, Бенгт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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