# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-r-matz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:52:26.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-r-matz"
name: "Michael R. Matz"
slug: "michael-r-matz"
description: "Michael R. Matz is an American race horse trainer and former Olympic equestrian team member who was inducted into the show jumping Hall of Fame. He lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. As a trainer, he has scored two wins in the Classics, the 2012 Belmont Stakes with Union Rags and the 2006 Kentucky Derby with Barbaro. Matz also was named \"person of the week\" by ABC News for his heroism in saving four children from the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in 1989 on which he was a passenger."
tagline: "Equestrian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matz_at_Pimlico_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.764113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Matz"
    title: "Michael R. Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1.%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "مايكل ر.ماتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matz_(Reiter)"
    title: "Michael Matz (Reiter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Matz"
    title: "Michael R. Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matz"
    title: "Michael Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "مایکل ماتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matz"
    title: "Michael Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Matz"
    title: "Michael R. Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Matz"
    title: "Michael R. Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Matz"
    title: "Michael R. Matz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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