# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meb-keflezighi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:04:23.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meb-keflezighi"
name: "Meb Keflezighi"
slug: "meb-keflezighi"
description: "Mebrahtom \"Meb\" Keflezighi is a retired American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2009 New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, and the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, becoming the first American man to win each race since 1982 and 1983, respectively. Keflezighi is a graduate of UCLA, where he won four NCAA championships competing for the UCLA Bruins track and field team. He came in fourth in the 2014 New York City Marathon on November 2, 2014, eighth in the 2015 Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015, and second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American long distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018_Bellin_Run_IMG_6005_(41525087230).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.23
  momentum:             1.4214463840399
  historical:           16.19654933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "runmeb"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/runmeb/"
    handle:    "runmeb"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://marathonmeb.com/"
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    title: "멥 케플레지기"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump