# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilbur-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:03.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilbur-thompson"
name: "Wilbur Thompson"
slug: "wilbur-thompson"
description: "Wilbur Marvin \"Moose\" Thompson was an American shot putter who won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, leading an American sweep of the medals."
tagline: "American track and field athlete, gold medal in shot put at the 1948 Summer Olympics (1921-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/American_W._M._Thompson_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1921-04-06"
deathDate: "2013-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump