# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-brooker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:56:07.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-brooker"
name: "James Brooker"
slug: "james-brooker"
description: "James Kent \"Jim\" Brooker was an American pole vaulter. He competed in 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze, behind fellow American pole vaulters Lee Barnes and Glenn Graham, who won gold and silver medals respectively. He was known for his consistency in the pole vault and was considered \"a typical acrobat pole vaulter and does more with his hands than any other vaulter in the country.\""
tagline: "American pole vaulter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_K._Brooker_in_1923.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: "1902-08-12"
deathDate: "1973-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.08
  momentum:             3.529411764705882
  historical:           11.13585333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Brooker"
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    title: "James Brooker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump