# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-fortun
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:57:15.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-fortun"
name: "Rafael Fortún"
slug: "rafael-fortun"
description: "Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. His major sporting achievement was winning the 100 and 200 m double at the 1951 Pan American Games, beating American sprinter Art Bragg in both events."
tagline: "Cuban sprinter (1919–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fort%C3%BAn_Chac%C3%B3n.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1919-08-05"
deathDate: "1982-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.668682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Fort%C3%BAn"
    title: "Rafael Fortún"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7282136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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