# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randy-barnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:40.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randy-barnes"
name: "Randy Barnes"
slug: "randy-barnes"
description: "Eric Randolph Barnes is an American former shot putter who held the outdoor world record for the event from 1990 to 2021. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics. Only three throwers have been within 40 centimetres (16 in) of his outdoor world record since it was set."
tagline: "American shot putter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1994-04_Randy_Barnes.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.97440933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump