# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-beckford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:55:28.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-beckford"
name: "James Beckford"
slug: "james-beckford"
description: "James Beckford is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic level in 1996, 2000 and 2004. He was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 1996 Olympics and also has two silvers from the World Championships in Athletics. He was chosen as the Jamaica Sportsman of the Year for 1995, 1996 and 2003. He is the current holder of the Jamaican record for the triple jump with a mark of 17.92 m, and was also the holder of the long jump record at 8.62m until 28 September. 2019 when it was replaced with a mark of 8.69 m by Tajay Gayle at the World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar."
tagline: "Jamaican long and triple jumper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Beckford_2012.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.55
  momentum:             3.225806451612903
  historical:           16.411808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Beckford (athlete)"
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    title: "James Beckford"
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    title: "James Beckford"
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    title: "James Beckford"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump