# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/haile-gebrselassie
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:54:42.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/haile-gebrselassie"
name: "Haile Gebrselassie"
slug: "haile-gebrselassie"
description: "Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. He also earned four world titles indoors and was the 2001 World Half Marathon Champion. He is considered to be one of the greatest long distance runners of all time."
tagline: "Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olympic_great_Haile_Gebrselassie_speaking_at_the_Olympic_hunger_summit_in_Downing_Street%2C_12_August_2012_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1973-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.04707866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "HaileGebr"
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    handle:    "HaileGebres"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump