# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gretchen-merrill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:17.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gretchen-merrill"
name: "Gretchen Merrill"
slug: "gretchen-merrill"
description: "Gretchen Merrill was an American figure skater. Gretchen was a six-time (1943–1948) U.S. national champion and thrice placed second in 1941, 1942 and 1949. She was the 1947 European silver medalist and World bronze medalist, winning those medals in the first World and Europeans Championships to be held since 1939. She was the second and last American woman to win a medal at the European Championships; following 1948, the competition was restricted to skaters representing European countries. Merrill placed 8th at the 1948 Winter Olympics."
tagline: "Figure skater (1925–1965)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-11-02"
deathDate: "1965-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.28
  momentum:             5.217391304347827
  historical:           9.136645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Меррилл, Гретхен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "غريتشين ميريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جريتشين ميريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Merrill"
    title: "Gretchen Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Merrill"
    title: "Gretchen Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Merrill"
    title: "Gretchen Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Merrill"
    title: "Gretchen Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB"
    title: "グレッチェン・メリル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%B2%9C_%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%B4"
    title: "그레천 메릴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Merrill"
    title: "Gretchen Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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