# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-okoye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:36.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-okoye"
name: "Lawrence Okoye"
slug: "lawrence-okoye"
description: "Lawrence Okoye is a British track and field athlete and former American football defensive tackle. He is the British record holder in the discus event, and a five-time British champion in the event as of 2026. Okoye became the first ever British athlete to win a medal in Discus at a European Championships during Munich 2022. He has also played rugby union."
tagline: "British discus thrower and American football player (born 1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2022-08-19_European_Championships_2022_%E2%80%93_Men's_Discus_Throw_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1991-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.19
  momentum:             18.38001867413632
  historical:           8.784921333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/LawrenceOkoye1"
    handle:    "LawrenceOkoye1"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fullheartedpush/"
    handle:    "fullheartedpush"
sources:
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    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
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    title: "لاورينس اوكوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8"
    title: "ローレンス・オコイエ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Okoye"
    title: "Lawrence Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2079546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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