# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randy-matson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:43:40.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randy-matson"
name: "Randy Matson"
slug: "randy-matson"
description: "James Randel \"Randy\" Matson is an American track and field athlete who mostly competed in the shot put. Matson won a silver medal at the 1964 and a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics."
tagline: "American athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Randy_Matson_1968.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1945-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
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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