# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/worknesh-degefa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:12:52.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/worknesh-degefa"
name: "Worknesh Degefa"
slug: "worknesh-degefa"
description: "Worknesh Degefa is an Ethiopian long-distance road runner. As of April 2019, she is the fourth-fastest female marathoner in history, based on her 2:17:41 run at the Dubai Marathon, January 25, 2019. The winner of the race in Dubai was Ruth Chepngetich, who holds the third-best marathon time. Degefa had won Dubai in 2017 in 2:22:36. She returned in 2018 to run 2:19:53, finishing fourth behind three other Ethiopians, all of whom achieved rankings in the top 25 of all time. It was the first time four women had run under 2:20 in the same race. As of April 2019, she is also ranked just outside the top 25 in the half marathon, running 1:06:14 at the Prague Half Marathon in 2016."
tagline: "Ethiopian athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TRE-1600.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1990-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             10.5
  historical:           7.004644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%83%E5%85%8B%E5%85%A7%E4%BB%80%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E6%A0%BC%E6%B3%95"
    title: "沃克內什·德格法"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "وركنيش ديجيفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worknesh_Degefa"
    title: "Worknesh Degefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worknesh_Degefa"
    title: "Worknesh Degefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worknesh_Degefa"
    title: "Worknesh Degefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ورکنش دجفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worknesh_Degefa"
    title: "Worknesh Degefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worknesh_Degefa"
    title: "Worknesh Degefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21421093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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