# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/japhet-kosgei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:29:33.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/japhet-kosgei"
name: "Japhet Kosgei"
slug: "japhet-kosgei"
description: "Japhet Kosgei is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya, who won several marathons during his career, including the 1999 edition of the Rotterdam Marathon and 2006 Belgrade Marathon. His personal best is 2:07:09. He won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1999."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1968-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.05
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           5.667854666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kosgei"
    title: "Japhet Kosgei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kosgei_Kipkorir"
    title: "Japhet Kosgei Kipkorir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kosgei"
    title: "Japhet Kosgei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B8"
    title: "Јафет Косгеи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhet_Kosgei"
    title: "Japhet Kosgei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Косгеи, Яфет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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