# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mclane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:46:13.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mclane"
name: "Jimmy McLane"
slug: "jimmy-mclane"
description: "James Price McLane Jr. was an American competition swimmer who competed for Yale University, a three-time Olympic champion, and a world record-holder. In 1945-48, in his peak years as a swimming competitor, as an exceptional middle distance swimmer, he captured two Olympic gold medals, and thirteen championships on the national level, winning another gold medal in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 1952 Olympics."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1930-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McLane_(1952).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-09-13"
deathDate: "2020-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.809144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "吉米·麦克莱恩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James McLane"
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    title: "James McLane"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McLane"
    title: "Jimmy McLane"
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    title: "James McLane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James McLane"
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    title: "James McLane"
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    title: "James McLane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James McLane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McLane"
    title: "Jimmy McLane"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump