# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-persson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:51:20.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-persson"
name: "Bengt Persson"
slug: "bengt-persson"
description: "Bengt Asbjörn \"BP\" Persson was a Swedish runner. He competed in the steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships, 1968 Summer Olympics, and 1969 European Athletics Championships and placed 9th, 10th and 11th, respectively. Persson won the steeplechase at the Nordic Championships in 1963 and 1965. He was the Swedish champion in the steeplechase (1963–69), 5000 m (1965), 10,000 m (1965), 12 km cross country (1964–66), and 4 × 1500 m relay (1965–67)."
tagline: "Swedish athletics competitor (1939-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bengt_Persson_SOK.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1939-10-31"
deathDate: "2013-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.23
  momentum:             13.87755102040816
  historical:           4.601944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "بينغت بيرسون (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بينجت بيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Persson_(athlete)"
    title: "Bengt Persson (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Persson"
    title: "Bengt Persson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Persson_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Bengt Persson (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6160780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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