# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-koech
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:31:11.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-koech"
name: "Peter Koech"
slug: "peter-koech"
description: "Peter Koech is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989. It was the first electronically timed world record for the event and is still in the top 25 performers in history."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             0.4964539007092199
  historical:           12.87199466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%AE"
    title: "پیتر کخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%81"
    title: "ピーター・コエチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0_%EC%BD%94%EC%97%90%EC%B9%98"
    title: "피터 코에치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%8D%D1%87%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Коэч, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Koech"
    title: "Peter Koech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365702"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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