# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-barnard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:00:54.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-barnard"
name: "Jan Barnard"
slug: "jan-barnard"
description: "Johannes Hendrikus \"Jan\" Barnard was a South African long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and a silver medal in 1958."
tagline: "Long-distance runner"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1929-10-21"
deathDate: "2012-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.91
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.134701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barnard"
    title: "Jan Barnard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barnard"
    title: "Jan Barnard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "يان بارنارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "يان بارنارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barnard"
    title: "Jan Barnard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barnard"
    title: "Jan Barnard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barnard"
    title: "Jan Barnard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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