# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vanderlei-cordeiro-de-lima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:01:25.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vanderlei-cordeiro-de-lima"
name: "Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima"
slug: "vanderlei-cordeiro-de-lima"
description: "Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner. He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná. While leading the marathon after 35 km (22 mi) at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius \"Neil\" Horan. Following the incident, Lima fell from first to third place, eventually winning the bronze medal. He was later awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for his sportsmanship shown in that race."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanderlei-Cordeiro-de-Lima-2b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1969-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.59
  momentum:             0.8750000000000001
  historical:           21.492124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.vanderleidelima.com.br/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vanderleidelima2004/"
    handle:    "vanderleidelima2004"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanderlejs Kordeiru di Lima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanderlei de Lima"
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    title: "Vanderlei de Lima"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump