# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/detlef-michel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:11.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/detlef-michel"
name: "Detlef Michel"
slug: "detlef-michel"
description: "Detlef Michel is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain), beating world record holder Tom Petranoff of the USA by a comfortable margin. In fact, Michel threw the four longest throws of the final."
tagline: "East German javelin thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-0822-026%2C_Detlef_Michel.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: "1955-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.95
  momentum:             4.610334346504558
  historical:           14.87426266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Детлеф Міхель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديتليف ميتشيل (منافس العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Detlef Michel (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
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    title: "Detlef Michel"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef_Michel"
    title: "Detlef Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Михель, Детлеф"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump