# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-vails
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:24.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-vails"
name: "Nelson Vails"
slug: "nelson-vails"
description: "Nelson Beasley Vails  is a retired road and track cyclist from the United States. He rode as a professional from 1988 to 1995 representing the U.S. at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he became the first African American and first person of African descent to win an Olympic medal in cycling. He won the silver medal in the sprint, behind countryman Mark Gorski. He was inducted to the U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame in 2009."
tagline: "American cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NelsonVailsFeb07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.54557333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Нелсон Вейлс"
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    title: "Nelson Vails"
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    title: "Nelson Vails"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Vails"
    title: "Nelson Vails"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Vails"
    title: "Nelson Vails"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nelson Vails"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Vails"
    title: "Nelson Vails"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Vails"
    title: "Nelson Vails"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump