# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-werket
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:44.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-werket"
name: "John Werket"
slug: "john-werket"
description: "John Roland Werket was an American speed skater. He competed in seven events in total at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics with the best achievement of sixth place in the 1500 m in 1948. In 1948, he also won the 1500 m event and a silver allround medal at the world championships. This was the best achievement for an American skater, surpassed only in 1977 by Eric Heiden. In 1950, Werket finished in third place allround, but won the 500 m and 1,500 m events. In 1952, he finished second in the 500 m and 1,500 m and tenth overall."
tagline: "American speed skater (1924-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Werket_1972_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1924-10-08"
deathDate: "2010-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.467818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Werket"
    title: "Johnny Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Werket"
    title: "Johnny Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Werket"
    title: "Johnny Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Werket"
    title: "John Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Werket"
    title: "Johnny Werket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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