# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emmit-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:12.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emmit-king"
name: "Emmit King"
slug: "emmit-king"
description: "Emmit King was an American track and field sprinter, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics but he did not compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres. At the same championships, he was part of the team that won gold in the 4 × 100 m relay for the United States, and in doing so set a new world record of 37.86 s. He set his personal best (10.04) in the 100 metres on June 17, 1988, at the 1988 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Tampa, Florida."
tagline: "American athletics competitor (1959–2021)"
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: "1959-03-24"
deathDate: "2021-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.57
  momentum:             7.555062823355506
  historical:           12.006516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Емміт Кінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%B0%8B_%ED%82%B9"
    title: "에밋 킹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_King"
    title: "Emmit King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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