# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-wiesner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:37.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-wiesner"
name: "Ken Wiesner"
slug: "ken-wiesner"
description: "Kenneth George Wiesner was an American high jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. Wiesner attended Marquette University, where he was a three-time NCAA high jump champion. After the 1946 season he retired and became a dentist at U.S. Navy. He returned to compete at the 1952 Olympics, and in 1953 broke the world indoor record three times."
tagline: "American high jumper (1925-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Wiesner_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1925-02-17"
deathDate: "2019-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.56
  momentum:             4.339622641509434
  historical:           11.13606933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كين ويزنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كين ويزنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wiesner"
    title: "Kenneth Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "کن ویزنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wiesner"
    title: "Kenneth Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wiesner"
    title: "Kenneth Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wiesner"
    title: "Ken Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wiesner"
    title: "Kenneth Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738680"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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