Summer Olympian · birth-card coordinate
German Sveshnikov's Birth Card: The 8 of Diamonds
The Businessman
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.
In the record
German Sveshnikov (Russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. The birth-card coordinate for May 11 is the 8 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of German Sveshnikov's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing for Soviet Union across 1960 and 1964. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for German Sveshnikov (Q1513852), not a reading of character. 1960: gold in fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's team foil in fencing. 1964: gold in fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's team foil in fencing.
- 1960 fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's team foil (fencing)
- 1964 fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's team foil (fencing)
The 8 of Diamonds coordinate
German Sveshnikov was born May 11 (1937-05-11). Month 5 and day 11 give solar value 34, which is the 8 of Diamonds (The Businessman). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1937 is unused. The 8 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on German Sveshnikov for Soviet Union. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Diamonds, not a biography of German Sveshnikov: You run the money system in the open and you can explain the call. You approach resources as something to master and control. You're ambitious, competitive, and strategic. You know how to play the game and win.
German Sveshnikov in the public record
He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Games.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article German Sveshnikov (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in German Sveshnikov's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 8♦ — Birth Card: The Businessman
- 7♣ — Karma — Environment: The Analytical Creator
- Q♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Wise Guide
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- K♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- A♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- A♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 8♦, 7♣, Q♠, 3♥, Q♣, A♥, K♠, A♣, 10♠, 5♣, 3♦, A♠, 7♥, 7♦, 5♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a gold medal.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Willis Augustus Lee — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Lorraine Crapp — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Rowdy Gaines — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Barbara Krause — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Don McKenzie — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Rebecca Adlington — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Attilio Pavesi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in cycle sport
- Dmitri Sautin — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving
- Elena Kaliská — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Henri Saint Cyr — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
- Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Karin Büttner-Janz — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- 6 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is German Sveshnikov's birth card?
- The 8 of Diamonds. May 11 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. German Sveshnikov's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
- Where do German Sveshnikov's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1937-05-11 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for German Sveshnikov, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q1513852; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (German Sveshnikov; infobox match). Birth date 1937-05-11 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.