# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:50:27.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-matthews"
name: "Ken Matthews"
slug: "ken-matthews"
description: "Kenneth Joseph Matthews, MBE was a British race walker, who won the Olympic (1964) and European (1962) titles in the 20 km walk."
tagline: "British athlete (1934–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Matthews_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1934-06-21"
deathDate: "2019-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.55
  historical:           19.207596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump