# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karla-linke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:39.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karla-linke"
name: "Karla Linke"
slug: "karla-linke"
description: "Karla Linke is a retired German swimmer who won the 200 m breastroke event at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships, breaking the world record twice in the process. The following year, she collected two medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships: a silver in the 400 m medley and a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke. She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events and finished eighth and fifth, respectively."
tagline: "East German swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S0708-0036%2C_Karla_Links.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1960-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.402376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Карла Лінке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "كارلا لينكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Linke"
    title: "Karla Linke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536805"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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