# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bas-van-velthoven
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:37:07.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bas-van-velthoven"
name: "Bas van Velthoven"
slug: "bas-van-velthoven"
description: "Bas van Velthoven is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is currently training in Amsterdam with Nick Driebergen, Femke Heemskerk and Chantal Groot with the coach Martin Truijens. He held the European record in the 4 × 100 m freestyle short course with Robert Lijesen, Mitja Zastrow and Robin van Aggele in 3:09.18. This record was set during the World SC Championships 2008 in Manchester where the Dutch team finished second behind the United States, who broke the world record in the same race. A few weeks before, at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle."
tagline: "Swimmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1985-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.18
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           8.068826666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Бас ван Велтовен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_van_Velthoven"
    title: "Bas van Velthoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809737"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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