# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samia-yusuf-omar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:55.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samia-yusuf-omar"
name: "Samia Yusuf Omar"
slug: "samia-yusuf-omar"
description: "Samia Yusuf Omar or Samiyo Omar was a sprinter from Somalia. She was one of two Somali athletes who competed for their nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Omar had grown up in Mogadishu, and trained there during the Somali Civil War despite receiving harassment from local militia groups. Her story at the Olympics was covered by the media, and her performance was well received by the crowd."
tagline: "Somali athlete (1991-2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Samia_Yusuf_Omar.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1991-03-25"
deathDate: "2012-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.283880171184023
  historical:           20.22394533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump