# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franjo-mihalic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:23:53.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franjo-mihalic"
name: "Franjo Mihalić"
slug: "franjo-mihalic"
description: "Franjo Mihalić was a Yugoslav and Croatian long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Mihalić competed mostly in marathons, road races and cross country races, distinguishing himself by winning many top-level international competitions in the 1950s and setting a combined 25 Croatian and later Yugoslavian national records in long-distance track events between 5000 m and 25 km. In 1957, he became the inaugural winner of the Golden Badge, the award for the best sportsperson of Yugoslavia awarded by the daily Sport. He is regarded as the most accomplished male athlete in the history of Croatian, Serbian and Yugoslav track and field."
tagline: "Yugoslav long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franjo_Mihali%C4%87.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1920-03-09"
deathDate: "2015-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.67786266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Franjo Mihalić"
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    title: "Михалич, Франьо"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump