# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-fuchs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:08:48.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-fuchs"
name: "Jim Fuchs"
slug: "jim-fuchs"
description: "James Emanuel Fuchs was an American communications executive and athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put. Track and Field News rated him the number one shotputter in the world in the 1949–50 seasons. He developed a new shot-putting technique to compensate for a leg injury, and then used what he called \"the sideways glide\" to set world records and dominate the sport over a two-year span in the early 1950s. He won bronze medals in shot put at both the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki."
tagline: "American discus thrower and shot putter (1927–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Fuchs%2C_Estadio%2C_1951-04-14_(413).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1927-12-06"
deathDate: "2010-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.81
  momentum:             1.477272727272727
  historical:           13.74060533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jim Fuchs"
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    title: "جيم فوكس (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
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    title: "Jim Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fuchs"
    title: "Jim Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fuchs"
    title: "Jim Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fuchs"
    title: "Jim Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جیم فوکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fuchs"
    title: "James Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fuchs"
    title: "James Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ים פוקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジム・フックス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fuchs"
    title: "James Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фукс, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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