# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-mortag
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:35.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-mortag"
name: "Gerald Mortag"
slug: "gerald-mortag"
description: "Gerald Mortag was an East German track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at the world championships in 1977–1979. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a gold medal."
tagline: "East German cyclist (1958–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerald_Mortag_2014_(cropped).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: "1958-11-08"
deathDate: "2023-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             3.049932523616735
  historical:           11.33837333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ґеральд Мортаґ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيرالد مورتاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gerald Mortag"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%AF"
    title: "گرالد مورتاگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mortag"
    title: "Gerald Mortag"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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