# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/german-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:31.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/german-silva"
name: "Germán Silva"
slug: "german-silva"
description: "Germán Silva Martínez is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His foremost achievements were back-to-back victories at the New York City Marathon in 1994 and 1995. He represented Mexico twice at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. He also competed at the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions. His personal best for the marathon is two hours, eight minutes, and 56 seconds."
tagline: "Mexican marathon runner and two-time New York winner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20150412_Rotterdam_Marathon_German_Silva_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1968-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.45
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.4171
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Silva"
    title: "German Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "خيرمان سيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "خيرمان سيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Silva"
    title: "Germán Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Silva"
    title: "Germán Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Silva"
    title: "Germán Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Silva"
    title: "Germán Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Silva"
    title: "Germán Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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