# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-kirkham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:44:37.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-kirkham"
name: "Don Kirkham"
slug: "don-kirkham"
description: "Duncan \"Don\" Kirkham was an Australian racing cyclist. Kirkham was a regular competitor in Australian long distance cycling races. He won the Goulburn to Sydney Classic in 1910, riding off scratch and setting the fastest time. In 1911 he was 2nd and set the fastest time, riding the 131 miles (211 km) in a record time of 6h 19' 31\". Kirkham's time was not beaten until 1925 by Richard \"Fatty\" Lamb. He had previously finished 5th in 1909. and finished outside the top 20 in 1912."
tagline: "Australian bicycle racer (1887-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Kirkham_photo_small.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1887-07-23"
deathDate: "1930-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.99
  momentum:             4.166666666666667
  historical:           5.468502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kirkham"
    title: "Donald Kirkham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "دون كيركهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "دون كيركهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "دان کرکام (دوچرخه‌سوار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirkham"
    title: "Don Kirkham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirkham_(cyclist)"
    title: "Don Kirkham (cyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20739043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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