# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-prefontaine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:00:36.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-prefontaine"
name: "Steve Prefontaine"
slug: "steve-prefontaine"
description: "Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death in 1975."
tagline: "American long-distance runner (1951–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Prefontaine%2C_1973.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: "1951-01-25"
deathDate: "1975-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.385139870516025
  historical:           20.40723866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ch0023659"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.prefontainerun.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump