# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joyce-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:45:48.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joyce-smith"
name: "Joyce Smith"
slug: "joyce-smith"
description: "Joyce Esther Smith MBE is a British former long-distance runner. She broke the world record in the 3000 metres in 1971 and is a three-time medallist at the International/World Cross Country Championships, including winning in 1972. She went on to twice win the London Marathon, becoming the first British woman in history to run under 2:30 when winning in 1981 with 2:29:57, before further improving the British record to 2:29:43 when winning in 1982. She also competed in the 1500 metres at the 1972 Munich Olympics and finished 11th in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, aged 46."
tagline: "British athlete"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1937-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.752197333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "జాయిస్ స్మిత్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جويس سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جويس سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョイス・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Smith"
    title: "Joyce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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