# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-ovett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:19.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-ovett"
name: "Steve Ovett"
slug: "steve-ovett"
description: "Stephen Michael James Ovett, is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile races from 1977 to 1980."
tagline: "Former middle distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SteveOvett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1955-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.560704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Steve Ovett"
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    title: "Steve Ovett"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump