# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-balanche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:53:22.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-balanche"
name: "Gérard Balanche"
slug: "gerard-balanche"
description: "Gérard Balanche is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1985 to 1989. He finished eighth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Balanche finished 34th in the individual normal hill event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. His best World Cup career finish was third in a large hill event in Norway in 1985."
tagline: "Ski jumper"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1964-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335169333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جيرارد بالانتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Balanche"
    title: "Gérard Balanche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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