# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-masai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:42:30.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-masai"
name: "Alex Masai"
slug: "alex-masai"
description: "Alex Chesiro Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner based in the United States. After initially specializing in the 5000 metres, he debuted in the marathon in 2024 to finish 9th at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. He is the brother of Olympians Moses Masai and Linet Masai, and he finished 6th at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 m. At the 2025 Chicago Marathon, he finished in 3rd."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alex_Masai_2025_Chicago_Marathon.jpg/330px-Alex_Masai_2025_Chicago_Marathon.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1997-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.77
  momentum:             15
  historical:           1.536177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  59
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/masai_alex/"
    handle:    "masai_alex"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Masai"
    title: "Alex Masai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116051961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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