# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meg-ritchie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:34:52.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meg-ritchie"
name: "Meg Ritchie"
slug: "meg-ritchie"
description: "Margaret \"Meg\" Elizabeth Ritchie is a retired Scottish discus thrower and Shot putter. She reached the Olympic finals at discus in Moscow 1980 (9th) and Los Angeles 1984 (5th). She also won the 1982 Commonwealth Games title. Her discus best of 67.48 metres has stood as the British record since 1981, while her shot put best of 18.99 metres has stood as the Scottish record since 1983."
tagline: "British discus thrower and shot putter"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1952-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             2.647058823529412
  historical:           6.337761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3"
    title: "Ритчи, Мег"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "ميج ريتكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ritchie"
    title: "Meg Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ritchie"
    title: "Meg Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ritchie"
    title: "Meg Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ritchie"
    title: "Meg Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ritchie"
    title: "Meg Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3853902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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