# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaus-koste
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:32.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaus-koste"
name: "Klaus Köste"
slug: "klaus-koste"
description: "Klaus Köste was a German gymnast. He won a gold medal in the vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and won bronze medals in the team all-around event in three Olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972. He was particularly strong on the horizontal bar, winning the 1971 and 1973 European championships and a bronze medal at the 1970 World championship in this event."
tagline: "East German artistic gymnast, politician, and university teacher (1943–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L0902-202%2C_Ger%C3%A4tefinale_XX._Olympiade%2C_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-02-27"
deathDate: "2012-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.608244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14044909/"
    handle:    "nm14044909"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كلاوس كوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Klaus Köste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کلاوس کسته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_K%C3%B6ste"
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    title: "Klaus Köste"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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