# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-niemann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:15.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-niemann"
name: "Herbert Niemann"
slug: "herbert-niemann"
description: "Herbert Niemann was an East German judoka. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He married Margarete Selling who had won gold with the women's eight at the 1966 European Rowing Championships. Niemann committed suicide in Hellersdorf (Berlin) in 1991."
tagline: "East German judoka (1935–1991)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1935-12-12"
deathDate: "1991-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.96
  momentum:             4.126984126984127
  historical:           5.669870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Niemann"
    title: "Herbert Niemann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "هيربيرت نيمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Niemann"
    title: "Herbert Niemann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Ниман, Херберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Niemann"
    title: "Herbert Niemann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Niemann"
    title: "Herbert Niemann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16864296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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