# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:05:31.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-foster"
name: "Brendan Foster"
slug: "brendan-foster"
description: "Sir Brendan Foster is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser. He founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He later provided commentary and analysis on athletics, particularly long-distance events, for BBC Sport."
tagline: "Athletics competitor, long distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brendan_Foster_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1948-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.99554133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Brendan Foster"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump