# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reinhard-merkel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:03:48.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reinhard-merkel"
name: "Reinhard Merkel"
slug: "reinhard-merkel"
description: "Reinhard Merkel is a professor in criminal law and philosophy of law and a retired West German swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley and finished in sixth place in the latter event."
tagline: "German swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reinhard_Merkel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.61
  momentum:             8.541666666666666
  historical:           5.511522666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10323502/"
    handle:    "nm10323502"
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    title: "Reinhard Merkel"
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    title: "رینهارد مرکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Merkel"
    title: "Reinhard Merkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "رینهارد مرکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2140863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3271494"
    title: "Reinhard Merkel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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