# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerd-bonk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:59:21.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerd-bonk"
name: "Gerd Bonk"
slug: "gerd-bonk"
description: "Gerd Bonk was an East German weightlifter who was active from 1969 to 1980 who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and set three world records. He was the first man in history to clean and jerk 250 kg (551 lb). He also achieved numerous other top-three placements at World Championships and European Weightlifting Championships. He was also a master mechanic."
tagline: "German weightlifter (1951–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-P0706-0010%2C_M%C3%BChlhausen%2C_Gerd_Bonk.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: "1951-08-26"
deathDate: "2014-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.298360025769409
  historical:           12.90025466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "گرد بونک"
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    title: "Gerd Bonk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Bonk"
    title: "Gerd Bonk"
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    title: "Gerd Bonk"
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    title: "게르트 봉크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump