# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-michelsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:16.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-michelsen"
name: "Albert Michelsen"
slug: "albert-michelsen"
description: "Albert Richard \"Whitey\" Michelsen was an American long-distance runner who is recognized as having set a world's best in the marathon on October 12, 1925, with a time of 2:29:01 at the inaugural Port Chester Marathon in Port Chester, New York. According to the International Association of Athletics Federations, Michelsen held this record until Fusashige Suzuki posted a 2:27:49 performance in Tokyo, Japan on March 31, 1935."
tagline: "American marathon runner (1893–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whitey_Michelsen_(1928).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1893-12-16"
deathDate: "1964-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335925333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Michelsen"
    title: "Albert Michelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Michelsen"
    title: "Albert Michelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Michelsen"
    title: "Albert Michelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ألبرت ميكلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "البرت ميكلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Michelsen"
    title: "Whitey Michelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Michelsen"
    title: "Albert Michelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4710838"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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