# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marla-runyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:37:19.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marla-runyan"
name: "Marla Runyan"
slug: "marla-runyan"
description: "Marla Lee Runyan is an American track and field athlete, road runner, and cyclist who is legally blind. She is a six-time Paralympic medalist in track and field, two-time Olympian in track and field, and Paralympian in para-cycling. She was the first legally blind athlete to compete in the Olympics and is the only American to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics."
tagline: "Blind paralympics competitor, Athletics competitor, long distance runner, heptathlete, sprinter, jumper, thrower"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.550793333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marlarunyan.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Марла Руњан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارلا رونيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارلا رونيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "मार्ला रनियन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan"
    title: "Marla Runyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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