# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-yorzyk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:42:14.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-yorzyk"
name: "William Yorzyk"
slug: "william-yorzyk"
description: "William Albert \"Bill\" Yorzyk Jr. was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and one-time world record-holder."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1933-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Yorzyk_1956b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933-05-29"
deathDate: "2020-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Yorzyk"
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    title: "William Yorzik"
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    title: "Bill Yorzyk"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump