# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manfred-ewald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:50:33.809Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manfred-ewald"
name: "Manfred Ewald"
slug: "manfred-ewald"
description: "Manfred Ewald served as German Democratic Republic's (GDR) Minister of Sport (1961–1988) and president of his country's Olympic committee (1973–1990). He was convicted for his role in the state-sponsored system of the use of illicit performance-enhancing drugs that increased East Germany's Olympic successes from 1972–1988."
tagline: "German politician (1926-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-W1214-0016%2C_Berlin%2C_Auszeichnung_'DDR-Sportler_des_Jahres_1980_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-05-17"
deathDate: "2002-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.035568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "مانفريد ايفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ewald"
    title: "Manfred Ewald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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