# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-schelenz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:25:31.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-schelenz"
name: "Carl Schelenz"
slug: "carl-schelenz"
description: "Karl Schelenz was a German sports teacher. He is famous as the \"father\" of modern handball."
tagline: "German athletics competitor (1890-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WP_Carl_Schelenz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1890-02-06"
deathDate: "1956-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             13.71428571428572
  historical:           5.684846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schelenz"
    title: "Karl Schelenz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "كارل شيلينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schelenz"
    title: "Carl Schelenz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schelenz"
    title: "Carl Schelenz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schelenz"
    title: "Karl Schelenz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84"
    title: "カール・シュレンツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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