# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-scheidel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:59:54.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-scheidel"
name: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
slug: "wolfgang-scheidel"
description: "Wolfgang Scheidel is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the men's doubles (1965) and two bronzes in the men's singles. He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships."
tagline: "East German luger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1972_stamp_of_Umm_al-Quwain_Wolfgang_Scheidel_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1943-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             15.87836003258214
  historical:           14.406156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
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    title: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
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    title: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
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    title: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
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    title: "Wolfgang Scheidel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump