# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-van-niekerk
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:44:35.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-van-niekerk"
name: "Dennis van Niekerk"
slug: "dennis-van-niekerk"
description: "Dennis van Niekerk is a South African cyclist."
tagline: "South African bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ToB_2014_stage_8a_-_Dennis_Van_Niekerk_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           30.89
  momentum:             15.625
  historical:           4.600612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "دينيس ڤان نيكيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_van_Niekerk"
    title: "Dennis van Niekerk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_van_Niekerk"
    title: "Dennis van Niekerk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_van_Niekerk"
    title: "Dennis van Niekerk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_van_Niekerk"
    title: "Dennis van Niekerk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15648613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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