# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/craig-virgin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:25:54.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/craig-virgin"
name: "Craig Virgin"
slug: "craig-virgin"
description: "Craig Steven Virgin is an American distance runner. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, and grew up near Lebanon, Illinois. While in high school, Virgin won 5 state championships as well as setting the national outdoor high school 2-mile record of 8:40.9. Additionally, Virgin held the Illinois Boys Cross Country all-time state championship record for 47 years, running a 13:50.6 in 1972, a record that stood until November 9, 2019, when Josh Methner of John Hersey High School ran a 13:49.86. Virgin was Track and Field News \"High School Athlete of the Year\" in 1973."
tagline: "American ultra distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LA_Olympic_Profile_pic.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1955-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.96
  momentum:             1.912789654553735
  historical:           5.305042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin"
    title: "Craig Virgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كرايج ڤيرجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin"
    title: "Craig Virgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin"
    title: "Craig Virgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin"
    title: "Craig Virgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin"
    title: "Craig Virgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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