# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-pender
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:00:39.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-pender"
name: "Mel Pender"
slug: "mel-pender"
description: "Melvin Pender Jr. competed as a runner in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, winning an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He had been a member of the Philadelphia Pioneer Track Club where he was coached by Alex Woodley, who had coached several other athletes who went on to participate in Olympic events."
tagline: "American sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/100m_dash_1964_Olympics.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.17718133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "梅尔·彭德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميل پيندير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "مل پندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Pender"
    title: "Melvin Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Pender"
    title: "Melvin Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メルビン・ペンダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Pender"
    title: "Melvin Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Pender"
    title: "Melvin Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Пендер, Мел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Pender"
    title: "Mel Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Мел Пендер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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