# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendel-suckow
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:43:32.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendel-suckow"
name: "Wendel Suckow"
slug: "wendel-suckow"
description: "Wendel Suckow is an American luger who competed during the 1990s. He is best known for the being the first American to ever win a gold medal in luge either at the Winter Olympics or the World Championships when he was the surprise winner of the 1993 championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada."
tagline: "American luger"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1967-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.22
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.40216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Сакоу, Уэндел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ويندل سوكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Suckow"
    title: "Wendel Suckow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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