# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merlene-ottey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:02:51.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merlene-ottey"
name: "Merlene Ottey"
slug: "merlene-ottey"
description: "Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978 and continued to do so for 24 years before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is ranked sixth on the all-time list over 60 metres (indoor), eleventh on the all-time list over 100 metres and seventh on the all-time list over 200 metres. She is the current world indoor record holder for 200 metres with 21.87 seconds, set in 1993. She was named Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year 13 times between 1979 and 1995."
tagline: "Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ottey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.584212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/merleneottey/"
    handle:    "merleneottey"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "ميرلين أوتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميرلين اوتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মারলিন অটি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Otteyov%C3%A1"
    title: "Merlene Otteyová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Merlene Ottey"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
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    title: "מרלין אוטי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
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    title: "Merlīna Otija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_Ottey"
    title: "Merlene Ottey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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