# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-prusik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:56:18.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-prusik"
name: "Karl Prusik"
slug: "karl-prusik"
description: "Karl Prusik (1896–1961) was an Austrian mountaineer. Prusik served twice as President of the Austrian Alpine Club (AAC) and is credited with establishing over 70 ascents and routes. He is also recognised as the inventor of the Prusik knot."
tagline: "Austrian mountain climber and inventor of the Prusik knot (1896–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Prusik_(1896%E2%80%931961)_1927_%C2%A9_Georg_Fayer_(1892%E2%80%931950)_OeNB_10453622.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
birthDate: "1896-05-19"
deathDate: "1961-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.422392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Карл Прусік"
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    title: "كارل بروسيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارل بروسيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karel Prusík"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Prusik"
    title: "Karl Prusik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Prusik"
    title: "Karl Prusik"
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    title: "Karl Prusik"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Prusik"
    title: "Karl Prusik"
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    title: "Karl Prusik"
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    title: "Прусик, Карл"
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    title: "Karl Prusik"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump