# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amos-kirui
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:04.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amos-kirui"
name: "Amos Kirui"
slug: "amos-kirui"
description: "Amos Kirui is a Kenyan distance runner who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the gold medallist at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, extending his nation's grip on the event since 1988. Kirui was a silver medallist in the steeplechase at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and a bronze medallist at the 2014 African Youth Games. He shared in a junior team silver at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships."
tagline: "Kenyan athletics competitor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1998-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.82
  momentum:             17.77777777777778
  historical:           5.869150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Kirui"
    title: "Amos Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26838553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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