# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benson-koech
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:11:22.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benson-koech"
name: "Benson Koech"
slug: "benson-koech"
description: "Benson Koech is a Kenyan middle-distance runner best known for his achievements as a young athlete. He won the gold medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships over 800m in a time of 1:44.77 min. He also won a silver medal over 800m at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Koech set his personal best at 1:43.17 min in Rieti. He retired after the 2001 season."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.72
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.668538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Koech"
    title: "Benson Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Koech"
    title: "Benson Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Koech"
    title: "Benson Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%8D%D1%87"
    title: "Бенсон, Коэч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Koech"
    title: "Benson Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Koech"
    title: "Benson Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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