# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerd-wessig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:50:48.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerd-wessig"
name: "Gerd Wessig"
slug: "gerd-wessig"
description: "Gerd Wessig is a former East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics."
tagline: "East German high jumper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-W0718-0022%2C_Gerd_Wessig.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: "1959-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.350427350427351
  historical:           19.219872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump