# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-van-heerden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:22:55.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-van-heerden"
name: "Alan Van Heerden"
slug: "alan-van-heerden"
description: "Alan van Heerden was a South African cyclist. He was the first ever South African to win a stage of a Grand Tour."
tagline: "South African road bicycle racer (1953–2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1954-12-11"
deathDate: "2009-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  239
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan Van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "الان ڤان هيردين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan Van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan Van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Van_Heerden"
    title: "Alan Van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2830610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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