# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-shields
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:18.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-shields"
name: "Lawrence Shields"
slug: "lawrence-shields"
description: "Marion Lawrence Shields was an American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 meters. Around the time of the First World War he was a student at Mercersburg Academy and trained under the Scots American coach Jimmy Curran. Thereafter he attended Penn State. At the 1920 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 1500 m. He was also part of the gold medal-winning American team in the 3000 m race but he was not awarded a medal due to being one of the two weakest links of the team. Four years later Shields attempted to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris, but failed."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1895–1976)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1895-03-05"
deathDate: "1976-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump