# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merritt-giffin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:43:28.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merritt-giffin"
name: "Merritt Giffin"
slug: "merritt-giffin"
description: "Merritt Hayward Giffin was an American athlete who won a silver medal in the discus throw at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He also won the AAU discus title in 1910."
tagline: "American discus thrower (1887–1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merritt_Giffin_1908.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1887-08-20"
deathDate: "1911-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Merritt Giffin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump