# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvaro-enrique-mejia-florez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:25.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvaro-enrique-mejia-florez"
name: "Álvaro Enrique Mejía Flórez"
slug: "alvaro-enrique-mejia-florez"
description: "Álvaro Mejía Florez was a long-distance runner from Colombia, who became a national hero after competing in the 5,000 meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games."
tagline: "Colombian long distance runner (1940-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_%28runner%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-05-15"
deathDate: "2021-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.410116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "الڤارو انريكو ميچيا فلوريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_(runner)"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía (runner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_Fl%C3%B3rez"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía Flórez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_(atleta)"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía (atleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Мехиа Флорес, Альваро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mej%C3%ADa_(athlete)"
    title: "Álvaro Mejía (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6172781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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