# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-harshbarger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:22:48.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-harshbarger"
name: "Jo Harshbarger"
slug: "jo-harshbarger"
description: "Jo Ann Harshbarger is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder. At the age of 15, Harshbarger competed in the 800-meter freestyle finals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, and a year later was a silver medalist in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She set world records in the 800-meter freestyle in 1972 and 1974, and in the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1973."
tagline: "American swimmer, former world record-holder"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/HarshbargerJoSwimmer1977.png/330px-HarshbargerJoSwimmer1977.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.25
  momentum:             20.07246376811594
  historical:           7.603744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D2%91%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джо Гаршбарґер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Harshbarger"
    title: "Jo Harshbarger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Harshbarger"
    title: "Jo Harshbarger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harshbarger"
    title: "Joan Harshbarger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "جو هارشبارگر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Harshbarger"
    title: "Jo Harshbarger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ו הרשברגר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Harshbarger"
    title: "Jo Harshbarger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6204268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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