# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-markkanen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:06:51.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-markkanen"
name: "Väinö Markkanen"
slug: "vaino-markkanen"
description: "Väinö Markkanen was a Finnish sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo."
tagline: "Finnish sport shooter (1929–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1929-05-09"
deathDate: "2022-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.13632133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "韦伊内·马尔卡宁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واینو مارکانن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%91"
    title: "Маркканен, Вяйнё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вјајно Марканен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Markkanen"
    title: "Väinö Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6305483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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