# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-tergat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:13:34.110Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-tergat"
name: "Paul Tergat"
slug: "paul-tergat"
description: "Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan former professional long-distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time. Runnerworld called him the \"Most comprehensive runner of all time\"."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/World_Food_Program_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.3314
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482482/"
    handle:    "nm1482482"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82"
    title: "Пол Тергат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "بول تيرغات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "بول تيرجات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "پل ترگات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%90%D7%98"
    title: "פול טרגאט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ポール・テルガト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%ED%84%B0%EA%B0%93"
    title: "폴 터갓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Тергат, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tergat"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313799"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3201911"
    title: "Paul Tergat"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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