# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waltraud-kretzschmar
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:04:57.655Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waltraud-kretzschmar"
name: "Waltraud Kretzschmar"
slug: "waltraud-kretzschmar"
description: "Waltraud Kretzschmar was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered the best and most successful handball player in the world."
tagline: "German handball player (1948–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waltraud_Kretzschmar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-02-01"
deathDate: "2018-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.94870533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "والتراود كريتزستشمار"
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    title: "Waltraud Kretzschmar"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltraud_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Waltraud Kretzschmar"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltraud_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Waltraud Kretzschmar"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltraud_Kretzschmar"
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    title: "Waltraud Kretzschmar"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump