# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-solinsky
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:37:02.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-solinsky"
name: "Chris Solinsky"
slug: "chris-solinsky"
description: "Chris Solinsky is a retired American distance runner and an American college cross country coach. Solinsky is the current director of cross country and track and field at the University of Wisconsin. Among his more notable achievements, he won eight state championships in high school and five NCAA Division I championships at Wisconsin. He was the American 10,000 meters record holder with a time of 26:59.60 as well as the first non-African to break the 27-minute barrier in the 10,000 m. Five other Americans have since joined him in breaking the 27-minute barrier."
tagline: "American distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Solinsky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ChrisSolinsky"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chris_solinsky/"
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sources:
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    title: "Солински, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Solinsky"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Solinsky"
    title: "Chris Solinsky"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Solinsky"
    title: "Chris Solinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Solinsky"
    title: "Chris Solinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump