# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pat-matzdorf
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:32:57.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pat-matzdorf"
name: "Pat Matzdorf"
slug: "pat-matzdorf"
description: "Patrick Clifford Matzdorf is an American former high jumper, who set a world record of 2.29 meters at a World All-Star Track Meet in Berkeley, California. Matzdorf, a Junior at the University of Wisconsin, where he also played basketball, entered the July 3, 1971 meet against the Soviet Union with a personal best of 7'-3\" achieved earlier that year in March. He broke the world record that day on his third attempt at 2.29 meters."
tagline: "American high jumper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pat_Matzdorf_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.072858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "پات ماتزدورف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Matzdorf"
    title: "Pat Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matzdorf"
    title: "Patrick Matzdorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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