# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-bucher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:21:16.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-bucher"
name: "Walter Bucher"
slug: "walter-bucher"
description: "Walter Bucher was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1955 and 1959 he won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1958. He also won five national titles in motor-paced racing."
tagline: "Swiss cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Bucher_1959.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1926-06-08"
deathDate: "2025-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.92546583850932
  historical:           11.13740133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walter Bucher"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bucher_(cyclist)"
    title: "Walter Bucher (cyclist)"
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    title: "Walter Bucher"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump