# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bo-ericson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:12.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bo-ericson"
name: "Bo Ericson"
slug: "bo-ericson"
description: "Bo Evert Ericson was a Swedish hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo with a throw of 56.44 metres. He was also a finalist at the 1948 Olympics in London, but he finished in sixth place with a throw of 52.98 metres."
tagline: "Swedish hammer thrower (1919-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bo_Ericsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1919-01-28"
deathDate: "1970-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             0.2702702702702703
  historical:           10.93606933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Bo Ericson (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A9)"
    title: "بو اريكسون (رامي مطرقة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Bo Ericson (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson_(athlete)"
    title: "Bo Ericson (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ericson"
    title: "Bo Ericson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80)"
    title: "Бо Ериксон (атлетичар)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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