# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-whetton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:58:01.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-whetton"
name: "John Whetton"
slug: "john-whetton"
description: "John Whetton is a retired British middle-distance runner. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "English athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Whetton_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-09-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.49535572113912
  historical:           10.07847466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Веттон (легкоатлет)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون وايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whetton"
    title: "John Whetton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723128"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump