# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-shea-q707306
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:01.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-shea-q707306"
name: "Jack Shea"
slug: "jack-shea-q707306"
description: "John Amos Shea, better known as Jack Shea or The Chief, was an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was the first American to win two gold medals at one Winter Olympics, and was the patriarch of the first family with three generations of Winter Olympians. Along with his compatriot Irving Jaffee, he was the most successful athlete at the 1932 Winter Olympics."
tagline: "US speed skater (1910–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Shea_1929.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1910-09-07"
deathDate: "2002-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             1.854838709677419
  historical:           18.610584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "杰克·谢伊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shea_(patinador_de_velocidat_sobre_chelo)"
    title: "Jack Shea (patinador de velocidat sobre chelo)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shea"
    title: "Jack Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea (Eisschnellläufer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shea_(speed_skater)"
    title: "Jack Shea (speed skater)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
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    title: "Jack Shea (patinage de vitesse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shea_(pattinatore_su_ghiaccio)"
    title: "Jack Shea (pattinatore su ghiaccio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
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    title: "Jack Shea"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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