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Japhet Kosgei

Kenyan distance runner
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Summary

Japhet Kosgei was born on December 20, 1968[1]. He has worked as an athletics competitor[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kenya[4]
  • Sex or gender: male[5]
  • Sport: athletics[6]
  • Family name: Kosgei[7]
  • Given name: Japhet[8]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[9]
  • Country for sport: Kenya[10]
  • Sports discipline competed in: half marathon[11]

Why It Matters

Japhet Kosgei has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

What did Japhet Kosgei do for work?

Japhet Kosgei worked as an athletics competitor[2].

Related Entities

Kenya

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → athletics competitor
    Given name → Japhet
    Sports discipline competed in → half marathon
    Instance of → human
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tilastopaja male athlete id: 19339, add P3884 (19339) via [[toolforge:trackbot|wa2paja]]"
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