# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-kwalia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:15:16.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-kwalia"
name: "James Kwalia"
slug: "james-kwalia"
description: "James Kwalia C'Kurui is an athlete who represents Qatar after switching from his homeland Kenya. Specializing in the 3000 and 5000 metres, his personal best times are 7:28.28 minutes and 12:54.58 minutes respectively. He was born in Trans Nzoia. He is the current holder of the Asian indoor record over 5000 m which he broke in Düsseldorf in February 2009."
tagline: "Qatari-Kenyan long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Kwalia_C'Kurui.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1984-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             8.101408450704225
  historical:           11.13765333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia_C'Kurui"
    title: "James Kwalia C'Kurui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "جيمس كواليا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia_C'Kurui"
    title: "James Kwalia C'Kurui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "جیمز کوالیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia_C'Kurui"
    title: "James Kwalia C'Kurui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia_C%E2%80%99Kurui"
    title: "James Kwalia C’Kurui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kwalia"
    title: "James Kwalia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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