# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dainis-kula
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:05:24.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dainis-kula"
name: "Dainis Kūla"
slug: "dainis-kula"
description: "Dainis Kūla is a Latvian former javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union at the international level for most of his career. He is most famous for controversially winning the gold medal in men's javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the second Latvian to achieve this. He is also a World Championship bronze medalist, a three-time Soviet Champion and a two-time Universiade champion."
tagline: "Latvian javelin thrower (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dainis_K%C5%ABla.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1959-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             1.833333333333333
  historical:           18.807668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "دينيس كولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_Kula"
    title: "Dainis Kula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
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    title: "داینیس کولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dainis Kūla"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dainis Kūla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainis_K%C5%ABla"
    title: "Dainis Kūla"
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    title: "Дайніс Кула"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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