# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-kono
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:11:36.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-kono"
name: "Tommy Kono"
slug: "tommy-kono"
description: "Tamio \"Tommy\" Kono was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middleweight, light-heavyweight and middle-heavyweight."
tagline: "American weightlifter (1930–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommy_Kono.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1930-06-17"
deathDate: "2016-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump