# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-bach
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:56:40.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-bach"
name: "Thomas Bach"
slug: "thomas-bach"
description: "Thomas Bach is a German lawyer, sports adminstrator, and former foil fencer. He served as the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee, from 2013 to 2025. He was the first Olympic champion to be elected to that position, having won gold in the 1976 men's team foil. Since 2025, he has served as Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion as well as a team world champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board."
tagline: "German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023-01-27_Wintersport%2C_Rodeln%2C_51th_FIL_World_Championships-Oberhof_1DX_1777_by_Stepro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1953-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           24.379152
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 169
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump