# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-klein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:32.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-klein"
name: "Herbert Klein"
slug: "herbert-klein"
description: "Herbert Klein was a German swimmer. Competing in the 200 m breaststroke, he won the European title in 1950 and an Olympic bronze medal in 1952. During his career, he concurrently held two world records in the 200 m breaststroke in short course with a time of 2:27.3, long course with a time of 2:34.4, one world record in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:05.5, and a world record in the 500 m breaststroke with a time of 7:07.3. In 1950, he was elected German Sportspersonality of the year."
tagline: "German swimmer (1923–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swimmer_Herbert_Klein_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1923-03-25"
deathDate: "2001-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.54
  momentum:             5.357142857142859
  historical:           12.005292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "赫伯特·克莱因"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هربرت كلاين"
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    title: "هربرت كلاين (سباح من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herbert Klein (Schwimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Klein_(swimmer)"
    title: "Herbert Klein (swimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Klein"
    title: "Herbert Klein"
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    title: "هربرت کلاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herbert Klein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Klein"
    title: "Herbert Klein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herbert Klein"
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    title: "Herbert Klein"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump