# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/urige-buta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:42.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/urige-buta"
name: "Urige Buta"
slug: "urige-buta"
description: "Urige Buta is a Norwegian athlete. He was born in Ambo in the Oromiya Region, Ethiopia. He qualified for the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished in 36th place. He was Norwegian champion in 10,000 m in 2005 and 2007."
tagline: "Norwegian distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Urige_Buta_(Norway)_-_London_2012_Mens_Marathon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           31.67
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.40072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اريج بوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urige_Buta"
    title: "Urige Buta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urige_Buta"
    title: "Urige Buta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urige_Buta"
    title: "Urige Buta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%2C_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Уриге, Бута"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3377623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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