# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-fitch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:38.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-fitch"
name: "Bob Fitch"
slug: "bob-fitch"
description: "Robert E. Fitch was an American athlete and coach. He broke the world record in the discus throw in 1946 with a mark of 54.93 m. He developed a rotational technique referred to as the \"Minnesota Whip\" and delivered a masters thesis on the subject. His training mate Fortune Gordien went on to break world records and win Olympic medals."
tagline: "American athlete and coach (1919-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Fitch_1940.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1919-07-28"
deathDate: "2003-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.66
  momentum:             0.7142857142857143
  historical:           5.0027
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بوب فيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fitch"
    title: "Bob Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fitch"
    title: "Bob Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fitch"
    title: "Bob Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fitch"
    title: "Robert Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9310790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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