# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lashawn-merritt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:43:47.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lashawn-merritt"
name: "LaShawn Merritt"
slug: "lashawn-merritt"
description: "LaShawn Merritt is an American retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 metres. He is a former Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.65 seconds makes him the eleventh fastest of all time."
tagline: "American track and field athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaShawn_Merritt_2012_Shankbone.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1986-06-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump