# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-bendlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:02:52.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-bendlin"
name: "Kurt Bendlin"
slug: "kurt-bendlin"
description: "Kurt Bendlin was a West German decathlete. In 1967 he became the first German to set a world decathlon record in 34 years; he was voted German Sportsman of the Year, received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, and was cast in bronze by Arno Breker. Next year he won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1943–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt_Bendlin_1968.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: "1943-05-22"
deathDate: "2024-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.220088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Kurt Bendlin"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kurt Bendlin"
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    title: "Kurt Bendlin"
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    title: "کورت بندلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kurt Bendlin"
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    title: "Kurt Bendlin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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