# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rutger-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:55.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rutger-smith"
name: "Rutger Smith"
slug: "rutger-smith"
description: "Rutger Smith is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw. He is the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. His personal best of 21.62 m for the shot put is the Dutch national record."
tagline: "Dutch shot put and discus thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rutger_Smith_(2008-08-25).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.87606266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rutgersmith.com/"
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    title: "Rutger Smith"
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    title: "Rutger Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rutger Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rutger Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rutger Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рутгер Смит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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