# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-achurch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:45:36.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-achurch"
name: "James Achurch"
slug: "james-achurch"
description: "James Dudley Achurch was an Australian javelin thrower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada."
tagline: "Australian javelin thrower (1928–2015)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-01-21"
deathDate: "2015-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.001440000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "چيمس اتشورتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achurch"
    title: "James Achurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%87%D1%91%D1%80%D1%87%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ачёрч, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6128354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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