# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaliy-shafar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:16:26.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaliy-shafar"
name: "Vitaliy Shafar"
slug: "vitaliy-shafar"
description: "Vitaliy Shafar or Vitalii Shafar is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's marathon, finishing in 29th place. He finished fourth in the 2014 Boston Marathon and tenth at the 2015 Boston Marathon."
tagline: "Ukrainian distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vitaliy_Shafar_(Ukraine)_-_London_2012_Mens_Marathon_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.874514666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/vitaliy.shafar"
    handle:    "vitaliy.shafar"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шафар Віталій Петрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "فيتالي شفار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "فيتالى شفار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Віталь Пятровіч Шафар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witalij_Schafar"
    title: "Witalij Schafar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaliy_Shafar"
    title: "Vitaliy Shafar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaliy_Shafar"
    title: "Vitaliy Shafar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Sjafar"
    title: "Vitalij Sjafar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шафар, Виталий Петрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2586451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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