Julius Yego

Kenyan javelin thrower

Person Human Q3077472

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[6]
Date of birth: January 4, 1989
Place of birth: Nandi County
Country of citizenship: Kenya^[4]
Occupation: javelin thrower
Educated at: Kapsabet High School^[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[15]
Competition won: athletics at the 2019 African Games – men's javelin throw^[22]
Country for sport: Kenya^[16]
Given name: Julius^[9]
Head coach: Petteri Piironen^[7]
Height: +175^[19]
Mass: +76^[20]
Name in native language: Julius Kiplagat Yego^[17]
Participant in: athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2018 African Championships in Athletics – men's javelin throw, athletics at the 2019 African Games – men's javelin throw^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Sport: athletics^[8]
Sports discipline competed in: javelin throw^[21]
Start of work period: 2010^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Julius Yego ar يوليوس ييجو de Julius Kiplagat Yego es Julius Yego Kiplagat fa جولیوس یگو fi Julius Kiplagat Yego fr Julius Kiplagat Yego he ג'וליוס יגו it Julius Kiplagat Yego ja ジュリアス・イェゴ ja ユリウス・イエゴ ko 줄리어스 예고 nl Julius Kiplagat Yego pl Julius Kiplagat Yego ru Джулиус Йего ru Йего, Джулиус uk Джуліус Йего zh 尤利乌斯·叶果

🔖 Identifiers · 19

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Julius Yego Beijing 2015.jpg ↗
All-Athletics.com ID (archived): 344062
Athletics Podium person ID: 746
BBC Things ID: b258d2e0-928b-4498-bcc0-d430e0c83ba9
Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived): 59178
Diamond League athlete ID: 14376567
Facebook username: JuliusYegoKE
Freebase ID: /m/0jt0lr7
Instagram username: juliuskyego
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000016004
Munzinger Sport number: 01000009205
Olympedia people ID: 127005

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Olympic.org athlete ID (archived): julius-yego
Olympics.com athlete ID: julius-yego
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): ye/julius-yego-1
Threads username: juliuskyego
Tilastopaja male athlete ID: 117114
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID: 19623
World Athletics athlete ID: 250164, 14376567

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Participant in 3

2010 Commonwealth Games, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw, athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw

Country for sport 1

Kenya

Country of citizenship 1

Kenya

Given name 1

Julius

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Participated in 1

athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw

Place of birth 1

Nandi County

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

athletics

Sports discipline competed in 1

javelin throw

← Winner 1

2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's javelin throw

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Summary

Born in Nandi County^[1], he… he was born on January 4, 1989^[2]. He worked as a javelin thrower^[3].

FAQs

Where was Julius Yego born?

Julius Yego's place of birth was Nandi County^[1].

What did Julius Yego do for work?

Julius Yego worked as javelin thrower^[3].

Where did Julius Yego go to school?

Julius Yego was educated at Kapsabet High School^[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Julius Yego — place of birth (P19): Nandi County. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Julius Yego — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Julius Yego — country of citizenship (P27): Kenya. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Julius Yego — educated at (P69): Kapsabet High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Julius Yego — occupation (P106): javelin thrower. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Julius Yego — head coach (P286): Petteri Piironen. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Julius Yego — date of birth (P569): January 4, 1989. World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Julius Yego — sport (P641): athletics. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Julius Yego — given name (P735): Julius. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Julius Yego — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw. Olympedia. Retrieved 2021-09-03. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Julius Yego — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw. Olympedia. Retrieved 2021-09-03. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Julius Yego — participant in (P1344): 2010 Commonwealth Games. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Julius Yego — participant in (P1344): 2018 African Championships in Athletics – men's javelin throw. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Julius Yego — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2019 African Games – men's javelin throw. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Julius Yego — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Julius Yego — country for sport (P1532): Kenya. World Athletics database. Retrieved 2025-10-23. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Julius Yego — name in native language (P1559): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Julius Kiplagat Yego'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Julius Yego — start of work period (P2031): 2010. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Julius Yego — height (P2048): 175 cm. olympedia.org. olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Julius Yego — mass (P2067): 76 kg. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Julius Yego — sports discipline competed in (P2416): javelin throw. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Julius Yego — competition won (P2522): athletics at the 2019 African Games – men's javelin throw. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

BBC Things ID → b258d2e0-928b-4498-bcc0-d430e0c83ba9

"Created claim: BBC Things ID: b258d2e0-928b-4498-bcc0-d430e0c83ba9, Adding BBC Things ID"
10w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Participant in → athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's javelin throw, 2010 Commonwealth Games +1

Occupation → javelin thrower

Athletics Podium person ID → 746

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