# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:23:55.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-king"
name: "Bob King"
slug: "bob-king"
description: "Robert Wade King  was an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m, achieved earlier that year. After graduating from Stanford University, King studied in a medical school and later became a prominent obstetrician."
tagline: "Athlete (1906–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Wade_King.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: "1906-06-20"
deathDate: "1965-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.808388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "鲍勃·金 (田径运动员)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب كينغ (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wade_King"
    title: "Robert Wade King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_King"
    title: "Bob King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_King_(high_jumper)"
    title: "Bob King (high jumper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باب کینگ (ورزشکار دو و میدانی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wade_King"
    title: "Robert Wade King"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_King"
    title: "Bob King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ロバート・キング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wade_King"
    title: "Robert Wade King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King"
    title: "Robert King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Robert King (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Боб Кінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump