# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karsten-kobs
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:43.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karsten-kobs"
name: "Karsten Kobs"
slug: "karsten-kobs"
description: "Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis."
tagline: "German hammer thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karsten_Kobs_at_Josef_Odlozil_Memorial_in_Prague_27June2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             4.845360824742269
  historical:           12.67703466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Карстен Кобс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارستن كوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Kobs"
    title: "Karsten Kobs"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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