# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desiree-linden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:18:49.905Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desiree-linden"
name: "Desiree Linden"
slug: "desiree-linden"
description: "Desiree \"Des\" Nicole Linden is an American long-distance runner, author, and podcaster. She represented the United States in the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics women's marathon. In 2018, she won the Boston Marathon, becoming the first American in 33 years to win the woman's category in the event. She holds the women's 50K world record of 2:59:54. The 2025 Boston Marathon was her final professional road race."
tagline: "American marathon runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Davila_Berlin2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1983-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.202633333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/des_linden"
    handle:    "des_linden"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/des_linden/"
    handle:    "des_linden"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ديزيري ليندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديزيرى ليندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Desiree Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Desiree Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Desiree Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Desiree Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "డిజైర్ లిండెన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desiree_Linden"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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