# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pamela-jelimo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:39:51.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pamela-jelimo"
name: "Pamela Jelimo"
slug: "pamela-jelimo"
description: "Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal in 800 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800 m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for Kenya."
tagline: "Kenyan middle distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pamela_Jelimo_Bislett_Games_2008_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1989-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.23
  momentum:             6.879278393404182
  historical:           21.261488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump