# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/earl-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:03:51.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/earl-young"
name: "Earl Young"
slug: "earl-young"
description: "Earl Verdelle Young is a retired American sprinter. He competed at the 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay setting a new world record at 3.02.2. He finished sixth in 400 m, in a time of 45.9 s that matched the former Olympic Record. At the 1963 Pan American Games, Young won gold medals in both 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays."
tagline: "American sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Earl_Young_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.80774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إيرل يونغ (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
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    title: "Earl Young"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young_(athlete)"
    title: "Earl Young (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ارل یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young_(velocista)"
    title: "Earl Young (velocista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Young"
    title: "Earl Young"
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    title: "Earl Young"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB"
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    title: "Earl Young"
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    title: "Ерл Янг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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