# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dejen-gebremeskel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:31.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dejen-gebremeskel"
name: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
slug: "dejen-gebremeskel"
description: "Dejen Gebremeskel is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events. His personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5,000 metres ranks him as the fifteenth fastest of all time for the distance. He was the 5,000 m silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and took the bronze medal over that distance at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics."
tagline: "Ethiopian long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2012-06-07_Bislett_Games_Dejen_Gebremeskel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1989-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.94049733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Деджен Гебремескел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديچين جيبريميسكيل"
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    title: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
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    title: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
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    title: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejen_Gebremeskel"
    title: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
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    title: "Dejen Gebremeskel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump