# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-van-der-burg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:48.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-van-der-burg"
name: "Ben van der Burg"
slug: "ben-van-der-burg"
description: "Ben van der Burg is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1987 and 1992. He won a silver medal at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships for Men in 1990. The same year he won three national titles, in the 1500 and 5000 m and allround."
tagline: "Speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TEDxAMS_Ben_van_der_Burg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1968-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.21
  momentum:             9.130434782608697
  historical:           5.812826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_der_Burg"
    title: "Ben van der Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA"
    title: "بين فان دير بورغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_der_Burg"
    title: "Ben van der Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_der_Burg"
    title: "Ben van der Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_der_Burg"
    title: "Ben van der Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_der_Burg"
    title: "Ben van der Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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