# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sebastian-kawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:19.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sebastian-kawa"
name: "Sebastian Kawa"
slug: "sebastian-kawa"
description: "Sebastian Kawa is a Polish glider pilot, eighteen-time World Champion, FAI world leading glider competition pilot, the World Champion in 15m Class and European gliding champion in 18m Class. In 2024, together with Sebastian Lampart, he became the first pilot in aviation history to fly over K2 in a glider. He is the recipient of the FAI Gold Air Medal, the highest distinction conferred by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale."
tagline: "Polish glider pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastian_Kawa_piloting_over_the_Aconcagua.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             4.983229516051749
  historical:           5.779238666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kawa"
    title: "Sebastian Kawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kawa"
    title: "Sebastian Kawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kawa"
    title: "Sebastian Kawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kawa"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Кава, Себастьян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Себастьян Кава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7442453"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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