Richard Mateelong

Kenyan long-distance runner
Person human Q9146
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Summary

Richard Mateelong was born on October 14, 1983[1], in Narok[2]. He has worked as an athletics competitor[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kenya[5]
  • Sex or gender: male[6]
  • Commons category: Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong[7]
  • Sport: athletics[8]
  • Given name: Richard[9]
  • Participant in: 2008 Summer Olympics[10], 2010 Commonwealth Games[11]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[12]
  • Country for sport: Kenya[13]
  • Height: 179 cm[14]
  • Mass: 65 kg[15]
  • Sports discipline competed in: steeplechase[16]

Why It Matters

Richard Mateelong has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

Where was Richard Mateelong born?

Richard Mateelong's place of birth was Narok[2].

What did Richard Mateelong do for work?

Richard Mateelong worked as an athletics competitor[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . All-Athletics.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . 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. 14d ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Track and field statistics male athlete id → 15725, 7853
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Track and field statistics male athlete id: 7853"
  2. 6w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → athletics competitor
    Participant in → 2008 Summer Olympics, 2010 Commonwealth Games
    Athletics podium person id → 569
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Athletics podium person id: 569, add P13725 (569) via [[toolforge:trackbot|athpod]]"
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