# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-mahlendorf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:03:57.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-mahlendorf"
name: "Walter Mahlendorf"
slug: "walter-mahlendorf"
description: "Walter Mahlendorf is a German former sprinter who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The German team finished second behind the American team, equaling its own world record of 39.5, but the Americans were later disqualified for an incorrect exchange."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Mahlendorf.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: "1935-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.94557333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mahlendorf"
    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mahlendorf"
    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mahlendorf"
    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
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    title: "Walter Mahlendorf"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump