# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jason-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:43:53.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jason-young"
name: "Jason Young"
slug: "jason-young"
description: "Jason Young is an American discus thrower who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th. At Texas Tech, Young was a two-time All-American in track and field and placed second in the discus at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championship. In 2010 and 2011, he was the runner-up in discus at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He finished 2010 as the number two ranked discus thrower in the world, and has been ranked among the top ten in the United States six times."
tagline: "American discus thrower"
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: "1981-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.9
  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.337509333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Янг, Джейсон (метатель диска)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "جايسون يونغ (منافس ألعاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "جايسون يونج (منافس العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Young_(discus_thrower)"
    title: "Jason Young (discus thrower)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Young"
    title: "Jason Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Young"
    title: "Jason Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Young_(dyskobol)"
    title: "Jason Young (dyskobol)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3807445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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