# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heli-rantanen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:23:10.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heli-rantanen"
name: "Heli Rantanen"
slug: "heli-rantanen"
description: "Heli Orvokki Rantanen is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, setting a new personal best of 67.94 in the first round. She is the first Nordic woman to become an Olympic Champion in athletics."
tagline: "Finnish athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HeliRantanenBudapest1998.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1970-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.207884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3483280/"
    handle:    "nm3483280"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump