# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/des-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:34:26.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/des-koch"
name: "Des Koch"
slug: "des-koch"
description: "Desmond Dalworth Koch was an American track and field athlete and football player who won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American discus thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Des_Koch_1956.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: "1932-05-10"
deathDate: "1991-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.99
  momentum:             12.35294117647059
  historical:           10.46954666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Koch"
    title: "Des Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "ديه كوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "ديه كوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Koch"
    title: "Desmond Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Koch"
    title: "Des Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Koch"
    title: "Des Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Koch"
    title: "Desmond Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%AE"
    title: "دس کخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Koch"
    title: "Desmond Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Koch"
    title: "Desmond Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Koch"
    title: "Des Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Koch"
    title: "Des Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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