# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-shorter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:48:00.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-shorter"
name: "Frank Shorter"
slug: "frank-shorter"
description: "Frank Charles Shorter is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s."
tagline: "American long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Shorter_at_Boston_2002.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: "1947-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.90411733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump