# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-nixon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:43:49.380Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-nixon"
name: "Gunnar Nixon"
slug: "gunnar-nixon"
description: "James Gunnar Nixon is an American track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He broke the American high school record for the event in 2011, and was the World Junior Champion in 2012. He won his first national title indoors in 2013, and was runner-up at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. His personal record for the decathlon is 8,312 points at the 2013 IAAF World Championships. In 2011, he set the United States high school national record in the decathlon with a score of 8,035 points."
tagline: "American decathlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Nixon_Moscow_2013.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: "1993-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             1.98581560283688
  historical:           7.206084000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Никсон, Гуннар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "غونار نيكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جونار نيكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon"
    title: "Gunnar Nixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon"
    title: "Gunnar Nixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon"
    title: "Gunnar Nixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon"
    title: "Gunnar Nixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon"
    title: "Gunnar Nixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3120875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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