# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-gross-q57404
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:30:35.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-gross-q57404"
name: "Michael Gross"
slug: "michael-gross-q57404"
description: "Michael Groß, usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimetres tall, and received the nickname \"The Albatross\" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991."
tagline: "West German swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Gross_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1964-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.44
  momentum:             17.6640423141354
  historical:           20.90037333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174621/"
    handle:    "nm1174621"
sources:
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    title: "Michael Gross (plavalec)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل غروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "مايكل جروس (سباح من المانيا الغربيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Міхаэль Грос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross"
    title: "Michael Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross"
    title: "Michael Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross_(swimmer)"
    title: "Michael Gross (swimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F_(nadador)"
    title: "Michael Groß (nadador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross"
    title: "Michael Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross"
    title: "Michael Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میشائل گروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F)"
    title: "מיכאל גרוס (שחיין)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F_(nuotatore)"
    title: "Michael Groß (nuotatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%92%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ミヒャエル・グロス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "미하엘 그로스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross"
    title: "Michael Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gro%C3%9F"
    title: "Michael Groß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Гросс, Михаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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