# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benson-masya
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:38.683Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benson-masya"
name: "Benson Masya"
slug: "benson-masya"
description: "Benson Masya was a Kenyan long-distance runner and marathon specialist, who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s. He participated at the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and finished in first place."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner (1970-2003)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1970-05-14"
deathDate: "2003-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.29
  momentum:             0.8333333333333333
  historical:           5.869474666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Masya"
    title: "Benson Masya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Masya"
    title: "Benson Masya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Masya"
    title: "Benson Masya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мася, Бенсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Masya"
    title: "Benson Masya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Masya"
    title: "Benson Masya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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