# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-jurek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:34.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-jurek"
name: "Scott Jurek"
slug: "scott-jurek"
description: "Scott Gordon Jurek is an American ultramarathoner, author, and public speaker. Throughout his running career, Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon, the Spartathlon, and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005). In 2010, at the 24-Hour World Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Jurek won a silver medal behind Shingo Inoue and set a new US record for distance run in 24 hours with 165.7 miles. In 2015, Jurek set the Fastest Known Time running record for the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail."
tagline: "American ultramarathoner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scott_Jurek%2C_Ultramarathon_Champion.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1973-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump