# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-laz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:14.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-laz"
name: "Don Laz"
slug: "don-laz"
description: "Donald Robert Laz was an American pole vaulter. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics and a bronze at the 1955 Pan American Games. Domestically he held the NCAA title in 1951 and shared the AAU title in 1953. After retiring from competitions he worked as an architect in Champaign, Illinois, and retired after suffering a stroke."
tagline: "American pole vaulter (1929–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Laz_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1929-05-17"
deathDate: "1996-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.96
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           12.002844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Дон Лаз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "دون لاز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Laz"
    title: "Donald Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Laz"
    title: "Donald Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "دان لاز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Laz"
    title: "Donald Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Laz"
    title: "Donald Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Laz"
    title: "Donald Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Laz"
    title: "Don Laz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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