# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:23:22.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-smith"
name: "Willie Smith"
slug: "willie-smith"
description: "Willie James Smith III was an American athlete who was the national champion 400 metres runner in 1979-80, and a gold medal winner at the 1984 Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay."
tagline: "American sprinter (1956-2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1956-02-28"
deathDate: "2020-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             9.382826475849734
  historical:           6.142477333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(sprinter)"
    title: "Willie Smith (sprinter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9)"
    title: "ويلي سميث (عداء سريع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(Sprinter)"
    title: "Willie Smith (Sprinter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(sprinter)"
    title: "Willie Smith (sprinter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_(%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "ویلی اسمیت (دونده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(atl%C3%A9ta%2C_1956)"
    title: "Willie Smith (atléta, 1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(sprinter)"
    title: "Willie Smith (sprinter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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