# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hobbs-kessler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:20:06.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hobbs-kessler"
name: "Hobbs Kessler"
slug: "hobbs-kessler"
description: "Hobbs Kessler is an American middle-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the short track 2000 meters. Kessler turned professional directly after high school and competes for Adidas. Kessler holds the North American U20 record in the 1500 meters and briefly held the road mile world record set at the 2023 World Road Running Championships, before it was broken by Emmanuel Wanyonyi."
tagline: "American runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hobbs_Kessler_(USA)_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "2003-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.93
  momentum:             2.644188110026619
  historical:           8.117966666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hobbs_kessler/"
    handle:    "hobbs_kessler"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8D%E5%B8%83%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%87%AF%E6%96%AF%E5%8B%92"
    title: "霍布斯·凯斯勒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Гоббс Кесслер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_Kessler"
    title: "Hobbs Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113017365"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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