# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mal-whitfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:19:31.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mal-whitfield"
name: "Mal Whitfield"
slug: "mal-whitfield"
description: "Malvin Greston Whitfield was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed Marvelous Mal, he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Overall, Whitfield was a five-time Olympic medalist. After his competitive career, he worked for 47 years as a coach, goodwill ambassador, as well as an athletic mentor in Africa on behalf of the United States Information Service."
tagline: "American middle-distance runner and sprinter"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-10-11"
deathDate: "2015-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump