# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-degener
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:15:38.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-degener"
name: "Richard Degener"
slug: "richard-degener"
description: "Richard Kempster Degener was an American diver and NCAA titlist who swam for the University of Michigan and the Detroit Athletic Club. He won a bronze and a gold medal in the 3 m springboard at the 1932 and 1936 Berlin Olympics, respectively. His Olympic diving coach, Dick Papenguth labelled Degener “the greatest of all divers.”"
tagline: "Diver (1912–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Degener_1938.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1912-03-14"
deathDate: "1995-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump