# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-vernon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:41:07.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-vernon"
name: "Andrew Vernon"
slug: "andrew-vernon"
description: "Andrew James Vernon is a British former 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross country athlete. After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he focused on road racing, winning the Manchester Half Marathon with the aim of doing a full marathon in 2019. Vernon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 10,000 metres. He has also competed in two Commonwealth Games, a World Indoor Championship and six World Cross Country Championships. Vernon is a two-time European Athletics Championship medallist and a Summer Universiade gold medallist. He currently competes for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC."
tagline: "British long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Vernon_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1986-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             2.328042328042328
  historical:           9.808388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
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    title: "أندي فيرنون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andrew Vernon"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Vernon"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Vernon"
    title: "Andy Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Вернон, Энди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump