# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michelle-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:09:25.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michelle-carter"
name: "Michelle Carter"
slug: "michelle-carter"
description: "Michelle Denee Carter is an American retired track and field athlete who competed in shot put. She won a gold medal in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first American woman to win Olympic gold in shot put and only the second to medal in the event. Carter is the former American record holder in the event with a distance of 20.63 m set at the 2016 Olympic Games. She was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2020."
tagline: "American shot putter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle_Carter_in_2015-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1985-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump