# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-fanelli
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:54.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-fanelli"
name: "Gary Fanelli"
slug: "gary-fanelli"
description: "Gary M. Fanelli is a long-distance runner from the United States who represented American Samoa in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Fanelli's 2:25:35 performance at the Olympics is an American Samoan national record. Known for running in costume, he has been called \"the crown prince of road racing\", \"the king of costume\", and \"road-racing's longest-running joke\"."
tagline: "American Samoan long distance runner"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1950-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             5.798319327731093
  historical:           6.606768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جارى فانيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fanelli"
    title: "Gary Fanelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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