# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:36:02.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-thompson"
name: "Don Thompson"
slug: "don-thompson"
description: "Donald James Thompson MBE was an English racewalker. He was the only British man to win a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 50 km walk. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships, also for the 50 km walk."
tagline: "British racewalker (1933–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Thompson_1960_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1933-01-20"
deathDate: "2006-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             13.58490566037736
  historical:           17.009468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Don Thompson"
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    title: "Don Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Thompson (lekkoatleta)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump