# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-snell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:29.310Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-snell"
name: "Peter Snell"
slug: "peter-snell"
description: "Sir Peter George Snell was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964."
tagline: "New Zealand athlete (1938–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Snell_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1938-12-17"
deathDate: "2019-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.80011333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  142
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill