# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katharine-merry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:20:28.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katharine-merry"
name: "Katharine Merry"
slug: "katharine-merry"
description: "Katharine Merry is an English former sprinter. She achieved the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was the fastest woman in the world over 400 m in 2001, with her career best of 49.59 seconds. She also represented Great Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and won the 200 metres at the 1993 European Junior Championships."
tagline: "British 400m runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2013_Great_North_CityGames_Pole_Vault_-_Luke_Cutts_and_Kath_Merry_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             11.96428571428571
  historical:           14.24626
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/KatharineMerry"
    handle:    "KatharineMerry"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Katharine Merry"
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    title: "Katharine Merry"
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    title: "కాథరిన్ మెర్రీ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump