# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-sheppard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:15.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-sheppard"
name: "Mel Sheppard"
slug: "mel-sheppard"
description: "Melvin Whinfield \"Peerless Mel\" Sheppard was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. Along with Henry Taylor of the United Kingdom, he was the most successful athlete at the 1908 Olympics."
tagline: "American athlete (1883–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shepard_2163716796_8037c683fd_o.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1883-09-05"
deathDate: "1942-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump