# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willye-white
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:35:22.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willye-white"
name: "Willye White"
slug: "willye-white"
description: "Willye Brown White was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972. She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a Tennessee State University Tigerbelle under Coach Ed Temple. An African-American, White was the first U.S. athlete to compete in track in five Olympics."
tagline: "American athlete – long jumper and sprinter (1939–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willye_White_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1939-12-31"
deathDate: "2007-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.81395348837209
  historical:           15.74899333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Willye White"
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    title: "Willye White"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump