# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-scharer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:13:56.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-scharer"
name: "Willy Schärer"
slug: "willy-scharer"
description: "Wilhelm \"Willy\" Schärer was a Swiss middle-distance runner who won a silver medal over 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924. The race was won by Paavo Nurmi."
tagline: "Swiss middle-distance runner (1903-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Sch%C3%A4erer_und_Mitstreiter_1924_in_Paris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1903-09-20"
deathDate: "1982-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           11.80324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Sch%C3%A4rer"
    title: "Willy Schärer"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Sch%C3%A4rer"
    title: "Willy Schärer"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Sch%C3%A4rer"
    title: "Willy Schärer"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Schärer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump