# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-yego
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:50:03.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-yego"
name: "Julius Yego"
slug: "julius-yego"
description: "Julius Yego is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed \"Mr. YouTube\" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record holder for the event with a personal best of 92.72 m."
tagline: "Kenyan javelin thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1989-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.77318533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/juliuskyego/"
    handle:    "juliuskyego"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JuliusYegoKE"
    handle:    "JuliusYegoKE"
sources:
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    title: "Julius Yego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
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    title: "ג'וליוס יגו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "줄리어스 예고"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iulius Yego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Džūljuss Jego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Julius Yego"
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    title: "Йего, Джулиус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Џулијус Јего"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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