# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-o-brien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:20:18.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-o-brien"
name: "James O'Brien"
slug: "james-o-brien"
description: "James Vincent O'Brien was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the relay. Besides athletics O'Brien played hockey and Canadian football. He retired from competitions a few years after the 1948 Olympics."
tagline: "Canadian sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_O'Brien%2C_Viola_Myers%2C_Nancy_Mackay%2C_Art_Jackes_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1925-07-24"
deathDate: "1988-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.64
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.135025333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O'Brien"
    title: "James O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O'Brien"
    title: "James O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9)"
    title: "جيمس أوبراين (عداء سريع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "جيمس اوبراين (عداء سريع من كندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%E2%80%99Brien_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "James O’Brien (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O'Brien_(sprinter)"
    title: "James O'Brien (sprinter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O'Brien"
    title: "James O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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