# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-lipsnis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:53.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-lipsnis"
name: "Viktor Lipsnis"
slug: "viktor-lipsnis"
description: "Viktor Lipsnis was a Soviet shot putter who won silver medals at the 1958 and 1962 European championships. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fourth and tenth place, respectively. Lipsnis was born in Ukraine, but lived through most of his career in Saint Petersburg. He won three Soviet titles (1960–1962) and set eight Soviet records in the shot put."
tagline: "Soviet-Ukrainian shot putter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor_Lipsnis_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1933-12-06"
deathDate: "1997-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.735169333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ліпсніс Віктор Янович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Víktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Wiktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Viktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Viktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Viktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktors_Lipsnis"
    title: "Viktors Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Viktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Lipsnis"
    title: "Wiktor Lipsnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Липснис, Виктор Янович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7929744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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