# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-major
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:34:22.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-major"
name: "István Major"
slug: "istvan-major"
description: "István Major was a Hungarian high jumper. He won four medals at the European Indoor Championships between 1971 and 1974, as well as two silver medals at the Universiade. His best Olympic performance was a sixth place in 1972."
tagline: "Hungarian high jumper (1949–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istv%C3%A1n_Major.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-05-20"
deathDate: "2014-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.804104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Иштван Мајор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اشتفان ميجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "István Major (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Istv%C3%A1n_(atl%C3%A9ta)"
    title: "Major István (atléta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Major"
    title: "István Major"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Майор, Иштван"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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