# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wallace-diestelmeyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:04.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wallace-diestelmeyer"
name: "Wallace Diestelmeyer"
slug: "wallace-diestelmeyer"
description: "Wallace William \"Wally\" Diestelmeyer was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pair skating with Suzanne Morrow. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships. They are credited as being the first pair to perform the death spiral one-handed, with the man holding the woman in position with one hand, at the 1948 Olympic Games."
tagline: "Figure skater (1926-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wally_Diestelmeyer_1948_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1926-07-14"
deathDate: "1999-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           10.67048266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wallace Diestelmeyer"
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    title: "والاس دی‌ستلمیر"
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    title: "Wallace Distelmeyer"
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    title: "Wallace Diestelmeyer"
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    title: "Wallace Diestelmeyer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump