# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bunkichi-sawada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:17:58.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bunkichi-sawada"
name: "Bunkichi Sawada"
slug: "bunkichi-sawada"
description: "Bunkichi Sawada  was a Japanese pole vaulter who won gold medals at the 1951 and 1954 Asian Games. He placed sixth at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he served as the flag bearer for Japan."
tagline: "Japanese pole vaulter and decathlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Laz_and_Bunkichi_Sawada_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1920-07-18"
deathDate: "2006-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.871562666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkichi_Sawada"
    title: "Bunkichi Sawada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkichi_Sawada"
    title: "Bunkichi Sawada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkichi_Sawada"
    title: "Bunkichi Sawada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%BD%E7%94%B0%E6%96%87%E5%90%89"
    title: "泽田文吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%A2%E7%94%B0%E6%96%87%E5%90%89"
    title: "沢田文吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkichi_Sawada"
    title: "Bunkichi Sawada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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