# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ngugi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:48:30.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ngugi"
name: "John Ngugi"
slug: "john-ngugi"
description: "John Ngūgi Kamau is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner of the 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul, South Korea."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.14838133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Нгугі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون نجوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi_Kamau"
    title: "John Ngugi Kamau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9"
    title: "Τζων Νγκούγκι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%DA%AF%DB%8C"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8C%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AE"
    title: "ジョン・ヌグギ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%9D%91%EA%B5%AC%EA%B8%B0"
    title: "존 응구기"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Нгуги, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ngugi"
    title: "John Ngugi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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