# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-hagelsteens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:43:19.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-hagelsteens"
name: "Alex Hagelsteens"
slug: "alex-hagelsteens"
description: "Alex Hagelsteens is a retired Belgian athlete who specialised in long-distance running and cross-country. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 5000 and 10000 m events but failed to reach the finals. Hagelsteens was most successful at the Egmond Half Marathon, winning it in 1982 and 1984 and finishing second in 1985 and 1986."
tagline: "Belgian distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Hagelsteens%2C_1984_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1956-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "اليكس هاجيلستينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hagelsteens"
    title: "Alex Hagelsteens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2522200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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