# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-merrien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:12.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-merrien"
name: "Lee Merrien"
slug: "lee-merrien"
description: "Lee Merrien is a British middle distance and long-distance runner. He was named to the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics following a Facebook campaign after he was initially not selected to the team. He has won multiple events at the Island Games for his home of Guernsey."
tagline: "British athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Merrien_Cropped.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: "1979-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.75
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.601692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/leemerrien"
    handle:    "leemerrien"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leemerrienrunning.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لى ميرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Merrien"
    title: "Lee Merrien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Merrien"
    title: "Lee Merrien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Merrien"
    title: "Lee Merrien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8"
    title: "Меррьен, Ли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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