# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-walter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:15:16.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-walter"
name: "Michael Walter"
slug: "michael-walter"
description: "Michael Walter was a German luger who competed during the 1980s. He won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1985 and a silver in 1981."
tagline: "German luger (1959–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Walter_(GDR)_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1959-03-12"
deathDate: "2016-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.65
  momentum:             1.184210526315789
  historical:           7.60306
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Вальтер, Михаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter_(Rennrodler)"
    title: "Michael Walter (Rennrodler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter_(luger)"
    title: "Michael Walter (luger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter"
    title: "Michael Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter"
    title: "Michael Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter"
    title: "Michael Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter"
    title: "Michael Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walter"
    title: "Michael Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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