# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-vansteelant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:40:01.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-vansteelant"
name: "Benny Vansteelant"
slug: "benny-vansteelant"
description: "Benny Vansteelant was a Belgian duathlete. For the first decade of the 21st century he was the uncontested icon of Duathlon, winning more than 80% of the races he started at."
tagline: "Belgian duathlete (1976-2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Benny_Vansteelant.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1976-11-19"
deathDate: "2007-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.205508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "ベニー・ヴァンスティーラント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Vansteelant"
    title: "Benny Vansteelant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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