# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-wanjiru
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:33.394Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-wanjiru"
name: "Samuel Wanjiru"
slug: "samuel-wanjiru"
description: "Samuel Kamau Wanjirū was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932."
tagline: "Kenyan athlete (1986–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Wanjiru2008_Summer_Olympics2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1986-11-10"
deathDate: "2011-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.21750133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump