# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/parry-o-brien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:50.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/parry-o-brien"
name: "Parry O'Brien"
slug: "parry-o-brien"
description: "William Patrick \"Parry\" O'Brien was an American shot put champion. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. For all of these accomplishments, O'Brien was inducted into the IAAF and U.S. Olympic halls of fame."
tagline: "Athletics competitor, shot putter (1932-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parry_O'Brien_1956cr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-01-28"
deathDate: "2007-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump