# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miriam-barnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:52:38.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miriam-barnes"
name: "Miriam Barnes"
slug: "miriam-barnes"
description: "Miriam Barnes is an American former hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and the 2008 World Athletics Indoor Championships bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay. Before she turned professional with Nike, Inc., Barnes was an All American for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters track and field team in the relay. Barnes was in 3rd position and nearly became an Olympian at the 2008 United States Olympic trials, but she fell over the final hurdle and was disqualified."
tagline: "American runner"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1983-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.66
  momentum:             1.568627450980392
  historical:           5.668790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Barnes"
    title: "Miriam Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Barnes"
    title: "Miriam Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Barnes"
    title: "Miriam Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మిరియం బర్న్స్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Barnes"
    title: "Miriam Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Barnes"
    title: "Miriam Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3939492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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