# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/worku-bikila
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:47.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/worku-bikila"
name: "Worku Bikila"
slug: "worku-bikila"
description: "Worku Bikila is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres. His 10,000 metres time of 27:06.44 minutes in 1995 was the second-fastest time that year, behind Haile Gebrselassie. He represented Ethiopia at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions. He was a two-time winner at the Zevenheuvelenloop 15,000 metres, from 1997 to 1998."
tagline: "Retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres."
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1968-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.868322666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Ворку Бикила"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worku_Bikila"
    title: "Worku Bikila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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