# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akani-simbine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:24:29.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akani-simbine"
name: "Akani Simbine"
slug: "akani-simbine"
description: "Akani Simbine is a South African sprinter specialising in the 100 metres event. He was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and was the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9.84 seconds set in July 2021 until broken by Ferdinand Omanyala in September 2021."
tagline: "South African sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akani_Simbine_Rio_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1993-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  229
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump