# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/japhet-korir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:41:28.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/japhet-korir"
name: "Japhet Korir"
slug: "japhet-korir"
description: "Japhet Kipyegon Korir is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions and the 5000 metres. He was the gold medallist at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, becoming the youngest ever world cross country champion. He has a personal best of 13:11.44 minutes for the 5000 m track event."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JaphetKorir2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1993-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.62
  momentum:             4.615384615384617
  historical:           6.735673333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Корир, Джафет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kipyegon_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Kipyegon Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kipyegon_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Kipyegon Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kipyegon_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Kipyegon Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kipyegon_Korir"
    title: "Japhet Kipyegon Korir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11720652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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