# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-carpenter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:03:35.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-carpenter"
name: "Ken Carpenter"
slug: "ken-carpenter"
description: "William Kenneth Carpenter was an American discus thrower. He won the NCAA and AAU titles in 1935 and 1936, becoming the first two-time NCAA champion in a weight throw event from the University of Southern California (USC). In 1936 Carpenter won an Olympic gold medal, and between 1936 and 1940 held the American record in the discus."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1913–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Carpenter_1936.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1913-04-19"
deathDate: "1984-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.34247733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Кен Карпентер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump