# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sigei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:14:04.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sigei"
name: "William Sigei"
slug: "william-sigei"
description: "William Cheruiyot Sigei is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1994 he set a new world record over 10,000 metres in Oslo with 26:52.23 minutes."
tagline: "Kenyan distance runner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-10-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             11.66666666666667
  historical:           7.203456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сигеи, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ウィリアム・シゲイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sigei"
    title: "William Sigei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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