# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-shankle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:48:26.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-shankle"
name: "Joel Shankle"
slug: "joel-shankle"
description: "Joel Shankle was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 110 meter hurdles where he won a bronze medal. Shankle attended Duke University and was honored as the first ACC Male Athlete of the Year in 1954. He was also a graduate of Randolph-Macon Academy, which honored him as their Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2013."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1933–2015)"
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: "1933-03-02"
deathDate: "2015-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.95
  momentum:             16.875
  historical:           10.47044666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joel Shankle"
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    title: "چويل شانكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
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    title: "جوئل شانکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shankle"
    title: "Joel Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Шенкл, Джоэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump