# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-wessinghage
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:45:37.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-wessinghage"
name: "Thomas Wessinghage"
slug: "thomas-wessinghage"
description: "Thomas Wessinghage is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. As he was already 30 years old at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory was a long-awaited one for him. He was in top form, having set a European record at 2000 metres shortly before the Championships, and because he was the fastest 1500-metre runner in the final, having run that distance in 3 minutes 31.6 seconds in 1980. Shortly after he started his final sprint with over 250 metres to go, Wessinghage moved into a decisive lead, stretching it into five metres by 4800 metres and almost doubling it by 4900 metres."
tagline: "German distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasWessinghage.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1952-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.878264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Томас Вессінгхаге"
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    title: "توماس ويسينجاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wessinghage"
    title: "Thomas Wessinghage"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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