# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenenisa-bekele
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:55.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenenisa-bekele"
name: "Kenenisa Bekele"
slug: "kenenisa-bekele"
description: "Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5,000 m."
tagline: "Ethiopian long-distance runner (track and field)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenenisabekele1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1982-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             17
  historical:           22.90606666666667
  currentAttention:     5.84
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
platforms:
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  - platform:  "IMDB"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump