# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/birhanu-balew
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:30:02.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/birhanu-balew"
name: "Birhanu Balew"
slug: "birhanu-balew"
description: "Birhanu Balew is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner representing Bahrain. He reached the final of the 5000 m event at the 2016 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Bahraini long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birhanu_Balew_Rio_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1996-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.78
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.636432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/birhanubalew1/"
    handle:    "birhanubalew1"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%94%E5%B0%94%E5%93%88%E5%8A%AA%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E8%8E%B1%E4%B9%8C"
    title: "比尔哈努·巴莱乌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "بيرهانو بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "بیرهانو بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birhanu_Balew"
    title: "Birhanu Balew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26384472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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