# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tariku-bekele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:31:02.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tariku-bekele"
name: "Tariku Bekele"
slug: "tariku-bekele"
description: "Tariku Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5,000 metres and has moved up to 10.000 metres as well. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele, who is also an accomplished long-distance runner and a former world record holder in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres. Tariku is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5,000 m and 3,000 metres. His indoor 3,000 m best of 7:31.09 ranks him as the ninth fastest of all-time in the event. He was the 10,000 m bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Ethiopian long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tariku_Bekele.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             6.263736263736264
  historical:           17.48020266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Таріку Бекеле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاريكو بيكيل"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariku_Bekele"
    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariku_Bekele"
    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاریکو بکله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariku_Bekele"
    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariku_Bekele"
    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariku_Bekele"
    title: "Tariku Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Тарику Бекеле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tariku Bekele"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump