# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tegla-loroupe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:17.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tegla-loroupe"
name: "Tegla Loroupe"
slug: "tegla-loroupe"
description: "Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a former Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education. Loroupe holds the world records for 25 and 30 kilometers and previously held the world marathon record. She was the first African woman to hold the marathon World Record, which she held from 19 April 1998 until 30 September 2001. She is the three-time World Half-Marathon champion. Loroupe was also the first woman from Africa to win the New York City Marathon, which she has won twice. She has won marathons in London, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Berlin and Rome."
tagline: "Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tegla_Loroupe_Rio2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1973-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.91776315789474
  historical:           20.852612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tegla-loroupe.de/"
sources:
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    title: "Tegla Loroupe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tegla Loroupe"
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    title: "Tegla Loroupe"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump