# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-fuchs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:26:40.791Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-fuchs"
name: "Ruth Fuchs"
slug: "ruth-fuchs"
description: "Ruth Fuchs was a German politician and athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s."
tagline: "German politician and athlete, Olympic champion (1946–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0622-310%2C_Dr._Ruth_Fuchs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-12-14"
deathDate: "2023-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             23.08695652173913
  historical:           20.75316933333334
  currentAttention:     7.840000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Фукс, Рут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "روت فوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روث فوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchsov%C3%A1"
    title: "Ruth Fuchsová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "روت فوکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルート・フックス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%ED%8A%B8_%ED%91%B8%ED%9D%90%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "루트 푸흐스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fuchs"
    title: "Ruth Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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