# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-degner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:23.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-degner"
name: "Ernst Degner"
slug: "ernst-degner"
description: "Ernst Degner was a professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Eastern Germany. He defected to the west in 1961, taking MZ's and his own tuning techniques to Suzuki, and winning Suzuki's first Grand Prix championship in 1962."
tagline: "East German motorcycle racer (1931–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Degner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1931-09-22"
deathDate: "1983-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.52
  momentum:             0.3203883495145631
  historical:           14.476536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ernst Degner"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Degner"
    title: "Ernst Degner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernst Degner"
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    title: "Ernst Degner"
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    title: "Ernst Degner"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump