# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-kirui
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:14:54.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-kirui"
name: "Paul Kirui"
slug: "paul-kirui"
description: "Paul Kiprop Kirui is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2004 and finished first place. He had participated the World Half Marathon Championships twice before; in 2002 he finished 10th, but the next year he did not finish. His marathon personal best is 2:06:44, set in 2006 Rotterdam Marathon, when he finished 2nd behind compatriot Sammy Korir."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_kirui_amsterdam2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1980-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35
  momentum:             0.1818181818181818
  historical:           5.868682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kirui"
    title: "Paul Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kiprop_Kirui"
    title: "Paul Kiprop Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kirui"
    title: "Paul Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Кируи, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kirui"
    title: "Paul Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kirui"
    title: "Paul Kirui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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