# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elvan-abeylegesse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:58:37.152Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elvan-abeylegesse"
name: "Elvan Abeylegesse"
slug: "elvan-abeylegesse"
description: "Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian former middle and long-distance running athlete who represented Turkey. She competed over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is a former world record-holder for the 5000 metres, at 14:24.68."
tagline: "Ethiopian-born Turkish long-distance runner (born 1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elvan_Abeylegesse_2010_European_Team_Championships.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.37926933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump