# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/udo-kiessling
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:50.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/udo-kiessling"
name: "Udo Kiessling"
slug: "udo-kiessling"
description: "Udo Kießling is a German retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Canada Cup. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars on 13 March 1982, becoming the first German-trained player to appear in the NHL. He never played another NHL game. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2000."
tagline: "Ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Udo_Kiessling_Panini_1979.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: "1955-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.71
  momentum:             10
  historical:           15.17671866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "乌多·基斯林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادو كيسلينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "اودو کیسلینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kiessling"
    title: "Udo Kiessling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kiessling"
    title: "Udo Kiessling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EB%8F%84_%ED%82%A4%EC%8A%AC%EB%A7%81"
    title: "우도 키슬링"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kiessling"
    title: "Udo Kiessling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Кисслинг, Удо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kie%C3%9Fling"
    title: "Udo Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Kiessling"
    title: "Udo Kiessling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Удо Кісслінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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