# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evelyn-ashford
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:13.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evelyn-ashford"
name: "Evelyn Ashford"
slug: "evelyn-ashford"
description: "Evelyn Ashford is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash, and the world record-holder in the 60-yard dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was the first woman to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games. Ashford has the distinction of owning the longest unbroken athletics record."
tagline: "American sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evelyn_Ashford_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1957-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.02149733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump