# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharon-cherop
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:19:33.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharon-cherop"
name: "Sharon Cherop"
slug: "sharon-cherop"
description: "Sharon Jemutai Cherop is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won a bronze medal at the age of sixteen in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships. She was the bronze medal winner in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won the Boston Marathon in 2012."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cherop_Sharon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.53898533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Sharon Cherop"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump