# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-close
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:03:24.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-close"
name: "Alex Close"
slug: "alex-close"
description: "Alex Close was a Belgian road bicycle racer. He finished fourth in the 1953 Tour de France and seventh in the 1952 Tour de France. He also won the Tour of Belgium in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956."
tagline: "Cyclist (1921–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Close%2C_Belgian_team%2C_Stage_1%2C_Tour_de_France_1954.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1921-11-26"
deathDate: "2008-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27174266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اليكس كلوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Close"
    title: "Alex Close"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Клозе, Алекс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1887906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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