# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:09:10.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-ball"
name: "Jimmy Ball"
slug: "jimmy-ball"
description: "James Allan Ball was a Canadian sprint runner who competed at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at both Games. Individually, he finished second in the 400 m in 1928 and was eliminated in the preliminaries in 1932. At the 1930 Empire Games he won a silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4×440 yards relay. He also finished fifth in the 220 yard and in 440 yard races."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1903–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Ball.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: "1903-05-07"
deathDate: "1988-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.27
  momentum:             0.1694915254237288
  historical:           14.60432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "吉米·鲍尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جيمي بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمى بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "James Ball (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ball_(athlete)"
    title: "Jimmy Ball (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جیمی بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ball"
    title: "Jimmy Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジェームズ・ボール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%AF%B8_%EB%B3%BC"
    title: "지미 볼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Болл, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ball"
    title: "James Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1427406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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