# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-pettie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:21:05.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-pettie"
name: "Donald Pettie"
slug: "donald-pettie"
description: "Donald Alan Pettie was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the 4 ×100 metres relay and in the 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics and placed fifth in the relay. In 1949 he won the national title over 100 and 200 metres. At the 1950 British Empire Games he won a bronze medal in the 100 yards and placed fifth in the 220 yards and the 4×400 yards relay. He retired from competitions in 1950 and until 1992 worked in the oil industry. In 2009 he was named a Drake Relay Athlete of the Century."
tagline: "Canadian sprinter (1927–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Pettie_1950.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1927-03-28"
deathDate: "2017-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.134377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Don Pettie"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pettie"
    title: "Don Pettie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pettie"
    title: "Donald Pettie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pettie"
    title: "Don Pettie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pettie"
    title: "Don Pettie"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pettie"
    title: "Don Pettie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pettie"
    title: "Don Pettie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19060338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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