# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/graeme-obree
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:20:23.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/graeme-obree"
name: "Graeme Obree"
slug: "graeme-obree"
description: "Graeme Obree, nicknamed \"the Flying Scotsman\", after the famous steam locomotive, is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995. He was known for his unusual riding positions and for the Old Faithful bicycle he built which included bearings from a washing machine. He joined a professional team in France but was fired before his first race. He also competed in the men's individual pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Scottish cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Graeme_obree.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1965-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.59754266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.obree.com/"
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    title: "Graeme Obree"
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    title: "Graeme Obree"
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    title: "Graeme Obree"
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    title: "Graeme Obree"
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    title: "Graeme Obree"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump