# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werknesh-kidane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:17.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werknesh-kidane"
name: "Werknesh Kidane"
slug: "werknesh-kidane"
description: "Werknesh Kidane is an Ethiopian long-distance runner from Tigray who competes in both 5000 and 10,000 metres. She has won numerous medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2012. She was the silver medallist at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medallist at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships."
tagline: "Ethiopian long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werknesh_Kidane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1981-11-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             13.36996336996337
  historical:           12.47213866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويركنيش كيدان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%88_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Веркнеш Кидане"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werknesh_Kidane"
    title: "Werknesh Kidane"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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