# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-parnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:54:35.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-parnell"
name: "Bill Parnell"
slug: "bill-parnell"
description: "Comer William Parnell was a Canadian middle distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 1 mile race at the 1950 British Empire Games at Auckland. He was third in the 1950 British Empire Games 880 yards. In the 4×440 yards Relay Parnell finished fifth. In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 880 yards he finished seventh and in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1 mile he was eliminated in the heats."
tagline: "Canadian middle-distance runner"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-02-14"
deathDate: "2008-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00198
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%94%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%B8%95%E5%86%85%E5%B0%94"
    title: "比尔·帕内尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيل پارنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parnell"
    title: "Bill Parnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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