# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-atkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:21:30.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-atkinson"
name: "Jeff Atkinson"
slug: "jeff-atkinson"
description: "Jeffrey Patrick Atkinson is a male former middle-distance runner from the United States. He has held the outdoor mile record at Stanford University since 1986. He was the fastest American male in the 1500 meters in 1989. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not pass the Olympic trials."
tagline: "American middle-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff%2C_icing_his_legs_after_a_run.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: "1963-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.537581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jeff Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيف أتكينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيف اتكينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atkinson"
    title: "Jeff Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atkinson_(runner)"
    title: "Jeff Atkinson (runner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atkinson"
    title: "Jeff Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atkinson"
    title: "Jeff Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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