# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kebede-balcha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:29.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kebede-balcha"
name: "Kebede Balcha"
slug: "kebede-balcha"
description: "Kebede Balcha was a marathon runner from Ethiopia. He won the silver medal at the 1983 World Championships. He is the current record holder for the Montreal International Marathon with 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds in 1983. In 1999, he sought asylum in Toronto, where he lived until his death in 2019."
tagline: "Ethiopian distance runner (1951–2018)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1951-09-07"
deathDate: "2018-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.004032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Kebede Balcha"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%B2%A0%EB%8D%B0_%EB%B0%9C%EC%B0%A8"
    title: "케베데 발차"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebede_Balcha"
    title: "Kebede Balcha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B0"
    title: "Кебеде Балча"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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