# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-courtright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:25:26.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-courtright"
name: "Jim Courtright"
slug: "jim-courtright"
description: "James Milton Courtright was a Canadian track and field athlete and Vice Principal of Queen's University. His athletic career included participating in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia, where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw."
tagline: "Canadian male javelin thrower (1914-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Metcalfe%2C_Jim_Courtright%2C_Stan_Lay_1938b-cr.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: "1914-12-16"
deathDate: "2003-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.336357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E8%80%83%E7%89%B9%E8%B5%96%E7%89%B9"
    title: "吉姆·考特赖特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courtright"
    title: "Jim Courtright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "چيم كورتريجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courtright"
    title: "Jim Courtright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courtright_(athlete)"
    title: "Jim Courtright (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courtright_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "Jim Courtright (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courtright"
    title: "Jim Courtright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16015782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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