# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-sexton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:41:14.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-sexton"
name: "Leo Sexton"
slug: "leo-sexton"
description: "Leo Joseph Sexton was an American shot putter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Sexton was the world record holder for nearly a month in 1932. Despite his large frame, he cleared 1.96 m in the high jump in 1929. After retiring from sports he worked in insurance, becoming vice-president of a company in Perry, Oklahoma."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1909-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Sexton_1932.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1909-08-27"
deathDate: "1968-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           16.806012
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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