# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elijah-lagat
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:00:55.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elijah-lagat"
name: "Elijah Lagat"
slug: "elijah-lagat"
description: "Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat was a Kenyan marathon runner and politician who was the winner of the 104th running of the Boston Marathon held in 2000. He won in the closest finish in the race's history when he edged out Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia and fellow Kenyan and previous year's champion, Moses Tanui. Abera and Lagat were both clocked at 2 hours 9 minutes and 47 seconds while Tanui finished three seconds back. Lagat's win enabled the Kenyans to capture the individual men's Boston Marathon title for the 10th straight year. This is a record that still stands."
tagline: "Kenyan marathon runner and politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966-06-19"
deathDate: "2025-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.48
  momentum:             12.22222222222222
  historical:           5.672210666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Lagat"
    title: "Elijah Lagat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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