# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-koenders
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:58:26.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-koenders"
name: "Axel Koenders"
slug: "axel-koenders"
description: "Axel Koenders was one of the strongest triathlon competitors of the 1980s in the Netherlands. Besides numerous national titles, he won European championships in the long distance in 1987 and 1989. In 1988 he set a world record at 8:13:11 in Roth, Germany. Besides triathlon he also competed in cycling and speedskating at the national level. Since 1994 Koenders runs his fitness center Axel Koenders Fit-Service."
tagline: "Dutch triathlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Persconferentie_Nederlandse_Triathlon_Bond_atleet_Axel_Koenders%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-4504.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1959-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.25
  momentum:             1.2
  historical:           5.003024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Koenders"
    title: "Axel Koenders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Koenders"
    title: "Axel Koenders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Koenders"
    title: "Axel Koenders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Koenders"
    title: "Axel Koenders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Koenders"
    title: "Axel Koenders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2419194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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