# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuriy-sedykh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:36:39.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuriy-sedykh"
name: "Yuriy Sedykh"
slug: "yuriy-sedykh"
description: "Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh was a track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991 in the hammer throw. He was a European, World and Olympic Champion, and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m in 1986."
tagline: "Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuriy_Sedykh_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1955-06-11"
deathDate: "2021-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.281397017863082
  historical:           21.07150133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump