# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heike-walpot
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:40.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heike-walpot"
name: "Heike Walpot"
slug: "heike-walpot"
description: "Heike John is a German retired swimmer and former astronaut candidate."
tagline: "Pilot, former spaceflight candidate, former swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/German_astronaut_team.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1960-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.33
  momentum:             2.054794520547945
  historical:           5.478510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_John"
    title: "Heike John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "هيك والپوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Walpot"
    title: "Heike Walpot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Walpot"
    title: "Heike Walpot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_John"
    title: "Heike John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Walpot"
    title: "Heike Walpot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1289351"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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