# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thelma-kalama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:26:14.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thelma-kalama"
name: "Thelma Kalama"
slug: "thelma-kalama"
description: "Thelma H. Kalama, later known by her married name Thelma Aiu after 1960, was an American competition swimmer, 1948 London Olympic gold medalist in the freestyle relay, and a marine veteran. She was the second woman to represent Hawaii in the Olympics."
tagline: "American swimmer (1931–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/KalamaThelmaSwimmer.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-03-24"
deathDate: "1999-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           14.403888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "特尔玛·卡拉马"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تلما کالاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Kalama"
    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Калама, Тельма"
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    title: "Thelma Kalama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Телма Калама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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