# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marita-koch
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:07:04.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marita-koch"
name: "Marita Koch"
slug: "marita-koch"
description: "Marita Koch is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in outdoor sprints as well as 14 world records in indoor events. Her record of 47.60 in the 400 metres, set on 6 October 1985, still stands."
tagline: "East German sprint track and field athlete (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0618-022%2C_Marita_Koch%2C_Silke_Gladisch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1957-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.63
  momentum:             3.203651054915457
  historical:           21.25099733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Marita Koha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AE"
    title: "ماريتا كوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريتا كوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марита Кох"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Kochov%C3%A1"
    title: "Marita Kochová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%87"
    title: "Μαρίτα Κοχ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%AE"
    title: "ماریتا کخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9A"
    title: "מריטה קוך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch"
    title: "Marita Koch"
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    title: "マリタ・コッホ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마리타 코흐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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