# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:21:10.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-davis"
name: "Otis Davis"
slug: "otis-davis"
description: "Otis Crandall Davis was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals for record-breaking performances in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He set a new world record of 44.9 seconds in the 400 m and became the first person to break the 45-second barrier."
tagline: "American sprinter (1932–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otis_Davis_(1960).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-07-12"
deathDate: "2024-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.72
  momentum:             0.731102850061958
  historical:           20.76450933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://otisdavisolympian.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump