# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerry-lindgren
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:07.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerry-lindgren"
name: "Gerry Lindgren"
slug: "gerry-lindgren"
description: "Gerald Paul Lindgren is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States. In 1965, Lindgren and Billy Mills both broke the world record for the six-mile run when they finished in an extremely rare tie at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Championships, both running exactly 27:11.6. Lindgren went on to win a record 11 NCAA collegiate championships with Washington State University."
tagline: "American long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerry_Lindgren_1965.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: "1946-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.49
  momentum:             2.151260504201681
  historical:           4.626028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جيري ليندغرين"
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    title: "جيرى ليندجرين"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Lindgren"
    title: "Gerry Lindgren"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Lindgren"
    title: "Gerry Lindgren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Lindgren"
    title: "Gerry Lindgren"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5552846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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