# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melat-yisak-kejeta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:50:49.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melat-yisak-kejeta"
name: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
slug: "melat-yisak-kejeta"
description: "Melat Yisak Kejeta is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal for the women's race at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships and represented Germany at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kejeta is the European record holder for the women's only half marathon."
tagline: "Ethiopian-born German long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1992-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.02
  momentum:             5.09433962264151
  historical:           7.00792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/melat_kejeta/"
    handle:    "melat_kejeta"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Мелат Кеджета"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ميلات يشاك كيجيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta"
    title: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta"
    title: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta"
    title: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta"
    title: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Yisak_Kejeta"
    title: "Melat Yisak Kejeta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "మెలాట్ యిసాక్ కెజెటా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33184084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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