# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-austin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:27:15.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-austin"
name: "Charles Austin"
slug: "charles-austin"
description: "Charles Allen Austin is an American former athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2012. Currently, Charles and Javier Sotomayor are the only two high jumpers that have won gold medals in the Olympics, Outdoor World Championships, Indoor World Championships and World Cup Championships. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, who won the inaugural 1983 Outdoor World Championship setting the championship high jump record with a jump of 2.32m, and Charles are the only two high jumpers to win and establish the championship record in both the Outdoor World Championship and Olympic Games. He currently holds or previously held the high jump record at the three biggest outdoor track and field competitions."
tagline: "American high jumper"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1967-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             0.9125475285171103
  historical:           20.97466133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/charlesaustin96/"
    handle:    "charlesaustin96"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.charlesaustin.net/"
sources:
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    title: "查尔斯·奥斯汀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز أوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τσαρλς Όστιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin (high jumper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
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    title: "チャールズ・オースチン"
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    title: "찰스 오스틴 (육상 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
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    title: "Остин, Чарльз (легкоатлет)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чарлс Остин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Austin"
    title: "Charles Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Чарльз Остін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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