# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deresse-mekonnen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:15:59.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deresse-mekonnen"
name: "Deresse Mekonnen"
slug: "deresse-mekonnen"
description: "Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships. He represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and holds the Ethiopian record for the mile run."
tagline: "Ethiopian middle-distance runner and world champion"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deresse_Mekonnen_Doha_2010_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-10-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.97
  momentum:             11.27873563218391
  historical:           12.87059066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Дерессе Меконнен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديريس ميكونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デレッセ・メコネン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Дерессе Меконнен"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deresse_Mekonnen"
    title: "Deresse Mekonnen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555877"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump