# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:21:03.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-thomson"
name: "Tommy Thomson"
slug: "tommy-thomson"
description: "Earl John \"Tommy\" Thomson was a Canadian athlete, a specialist in the high hurdles. In 1920 he became the first Olympic gold medalist in 110 m hurdles from outside the United States."
tagline: "Canadian athlete (1895-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Earl_Tommy_Thomson_-_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1895-02-15"
deathDate: "1971-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.208604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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