# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-hoff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:15.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-hoff"
name: "Karen Hoff"
slug: "karen-hoff"
description: "Karen Hoff was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She became the first female Olympic champion in the sport of canoeing when she won the gold medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Karen also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in K-2 500 m in 1948 and a silver in K-1 500 m in 1950."
tagline: "Danish canoe racer (1921-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen_Hoff_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1921-05-29"
deathDate: "2000-02-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.27167066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "卡伦·霍夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoffov%C3%A1"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "کارن هوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
    title: "Karen Hoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
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    title: "Karen Hoff"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hoff"
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    title: "Хофф, Карен"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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