# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/birgit-dressel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:59:28.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/birgit-dressel"
name: "Birgit Dressel"
slug: "birgit-dressel"
description: "Birgit Dressel was a West German heptathlete. Dressel participated in the 1984 Olympic heptathlon, where she ended ninth, and was fourth in the 1986 European Championships. She died at age 26 due to sudden multiple organ failure, which was at least partly triggered by long-term steroid abuse."
tagline: "German heptathlete (1960-1987)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-05-04"
deathDate: "1987-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.03
  momentum:             2.470588235294117
  historical:           6.208933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيرجيت دريسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel"
    title: "Birgit Dressel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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