# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-jefferson-wooden
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:35:42.942Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-jefferson-wooden"
name: "Melissa Jefferson-Wooden"
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description: "Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 m. A five-time World Champion, she won three world titles at the 2025 World Championships, capturing gold in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m. She's the first American to do so and only the second woman to do so after Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce achieved that feat in 2013."
tagline: "American athlete"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "2001-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           21.568496
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump