# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/len-taunyane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:06:06.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/len-taunyane"
name: "Len Taunyane"
slug: "len-taunyane"
description: "Len Taunyane was a track and field athlete from the Orange River Colony who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in the Men's marathon, and was therefore one of the first two black Africans to participate in the modern Olympic Games."
tagline: "South African athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Len_Taunyane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1850"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           38.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.140137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Taunyane"
    title: "Len Taunyane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6521987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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