# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-lydiard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:29:00.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-lydiard"
name: "Arthur Lydiard"
slug: "arthur-lydiard"
description: "Arthur Leslie Lydiard was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world. His training methods are based on a strong endurance base and periodisation."
tagline: "New Zealand runner and athletics coach (1917–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Lydiard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1917-07-06"
deathDate: "2004-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.725490666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Лидьярд, Артур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ارثر ليديارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lydiard"
    title: "Arthur Lydiard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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