# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-schmidt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:44:55.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-schmidt"
name: "Walter Schmidt"
slug: "walter-schmidt"
description: "Walter Schmidt is a male retired hammer thrower from West Germany. He was one of the leading athletes in his discipline in the 1970s, setting two world records. He ended up in fifth place at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada."
tagline: "German hammer thrower"
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: "1948-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.51
  momentum:             0.1785714285714286
  historical:           6.537437333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schmidt_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Walter Schmidt (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "والتر شميت (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "والتر شميت (منافس العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schmidt_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Walter Schmidt (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schmidt_(hammer_thrower)"
    title: "Walter Schmidt (hammer thrower)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schmidt_(athl%C3%A9tisme)"
    title: "Walter Schmidt (athlétisme)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schmidt_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "Walter Schmidt (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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