# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-paterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:53:35.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-paterson"
name: "Alan Paterson"
slug: "alan-paterson"
description: "Alan Sinclair Paterson was a British track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He was one of Europe's best high jumpers during the immediate post-World War II period. He was the champion at the European Athletics Championships in 1950 and was also silver medallist at the 1946 event. He won a silver medal for Scotland at the 1950 British Empire Games."
tagline: "British high jumper (1928–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Sinclair_Paterson_(6a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-06-11"
deathDate: "1999-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             5.733333333333335
  historical:           8.337581333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "الان پاتيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Alan Paterson (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paterson"
    title: "Alan Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q630425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump