# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abel-kirui
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:07.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abel-kirui"
name: "Abel Kirui"
slug: "abel-kirui"
description: "Abel Kirui is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a winning margin of two minutes and 28 seconds – the largest ever margin at the World Championship event. He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic marathon."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Podium_Men_Marathon_Daegu_2011_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.54722933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кируи, Абель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ابيل كيروى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Kirui"
    title: "Abel Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アベル・キルイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아벨 키루이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Kirui"
    title: "Abel Kirui"
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    title: "Abel Kirui"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Kirui"
    title: "Abel Kirui"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Kirui"
    title: "Abel Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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