# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-simpson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T16:44:30.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-simpson"
name: "Tom Simpson"
slug: "tom-simpson"
description: "Thomas Simpson was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. He won a bronze medal for track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games."
tagline: "Professional cyclist (1937-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Simpson_c1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-11-30"
deathDate: "1967-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.223814246769502
  historical:           22.38202666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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