# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-moorcroft
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:51:27.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-moorcroft"
name: "David Moorcroft"
slug: "david-moorcroft"
description: "David Robert Moorcroft is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1983 and promoted to an Officer (OBE) in 1999, in both cases for services to athletics. In March 2023, he was appointed a Deputy lieutenant of the West Midlands."
tagline: "Athlete with world records in middle and long distance running"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Moorcroft.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1953-04-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "David Moorcroft"
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    title: "David Moorcroft"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moorcroft"
    title: "David Moorcroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moorcroft"
    title: "David Moorcroft"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moorcroft"
    title: "David Moorcroft"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moorcroft"
    title: "David Moorcroft"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moorcroft"
    title: "David Moorcroft"
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    title: "David Moorcroft"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175737"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump