# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-kitwara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:51:08.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-kitwara"
name: "Sammy Kitwara"
slug: "sammy-kitwara"
description: "Sammy Kirop Kitwara is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is coached by Moses Kiptanui. As of November 2023 he is the 33rd fastest half marathon runner in history, having run 58.48 in 2011, which was the 4th fastest ever at the time."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Kitwara_2011_Singelloop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1986-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.204284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Китвара, Сэмми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "سامى كيتوارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kirop_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kirop Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kitwara"
    title: "Sammy Kitwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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