# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-james-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:34:41.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-james-ryan"
name: "Patrick James Ryan"
slug: "patrick-james-ryan"
description: "Patrick James Ryan was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw. In 1913 he established the first world record in the hammer throw, which stood as a world record for 25 years and as an American record for 40 years. Ryan was part of Irish weight throwers known as the Irish Whales."
tagline: "Irish American hammer thrower (1881-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Ryan_1920.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: "1881-01-04"
deathDate: "1964-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.54197333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Patrick Ryan (hammer thrower)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ryan"
    title: "Patrick Ryan"
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    title: "패트릭 라이언 (육상 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Патрік Раян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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