# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kuck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:13:05.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kuck"
name: "John Kuck"
slug: "john-kuck"
description: "John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Earlier that year he set two more world records, but they were not recognized officially. In 1926 he also set a US record in the javelin throw at 65.28 m and won the AAU title."
tagline: "American athletics competitor (1905–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kuck_1928.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1905-04-27"
deathDate: "1986-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.653846153846152
  historical:           19.0081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump