# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marita-payne
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:34:03.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marita-payne"
name: "Marita Payne"
slug: "marita-payne"
description: "Marita Payne-Wiggins is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics. She is the co-Canadian record holder in the 400 metres, along with Jillian Richardson, and previously held the Canadian record in the 200 metres."
tagline: "Canadian track and field athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marita_Payne_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.827216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Marita Payne-Wiggins"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "머리타 페인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marita Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пейн, Марита"
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    title: "మారిటా పేన్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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