# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-walker-q358383
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:42:43.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-walker-q358383"
name: "John Walker"
slug: "john-walker-q358383"
description: "Sir John George Walker is a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand who won the gold medal in the men's 1500 m event at the 1976 Olympics. He was also the first person to run the mile in under 3:50. After his running career was over he was active in local government, as an Auckland Councillor and representing the Manurewa-Papakura ward."
tagline: "New Zealand middle-distance runner and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Walker_KNZM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1952-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             1.096810296586458
  historical:           20.60472133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(atlet)"
    title: "John Walker (atlet)"
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    title: "John Walker"
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    title: "John Walker (atleet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John G. Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Walker (friidrettsutøver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "John Walker (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Walker (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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