# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-kraenzlein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:32.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-kraenzlein"
name: "Alvin Kraenzlein"
slug: "alvin-kraenzlein"
description: "Alvin Christian \"Al\" Kraenzlein was an American track-and-field athlete known as \"the father of the modern hurdling technique\". He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. As of 2016, Alvin Kraenzlein is the only track-and-field athlete who has won four individual titles at one Olympics. Kraenzlein is also known for developing a pioneering technique of straight-leg hurdling, which allowed him to set two world hurdle records. He is an Olympic Hall of Fame (1984) and National Track and Field Hall of Fame (1974) inductee."
tagline: "American athletics competitor (1876-1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kraenzlein_Hurdling.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1876-12-12"
deathDate: "1928-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.296296296296296
  historical:           20.75853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump