# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-whitehead
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:57:41.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-whitehead"
name: "Richard Whitehead"
slug: "richard-whitehead"
description: "Richard Whitehead MBE is a British athlete. He runs with prosthetic legs, as he has a double through-knee congenital amputation. He has set world records for athletes with a double amputation, in both the full and half marathon."
tagline: "British athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Whitehead_-_Our_Greatest_Team_Parade.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1976-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.88226
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Marathonchamp"
    handle:    "Marathonchamp"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/richard_whitehead_mbe/"
    handle:    "richard_whitehead_mbe"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-whitehead-mbe-7b8060144/"
    handle:    "richard-whitehead-mbe-7b8060144"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.marathonchamp.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتشارد وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتشارد وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitehead"
    title: "Richard Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitehead_(athlete)"
    title: "Richard Whitehead (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitehead"
    title: "Richard Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632068"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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