# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hencken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:41:40.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hencken"
name: "John Hencken"
slug: "john-hencken"
description: "John Frederick Hencken is an American former competition swimmer for Stanford University, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder primarily in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events. Hencken won five Olympic medals during his career in the 1972 Munich, and 1976 Montreal Olympics, including three golds."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Hencken_c1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1954-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.80954
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Hencken"
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    title: "John Hencken"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump