# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/didier-theys
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:53:11.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/didier-theys"
name: "Didier Theys"
slug: "didier-theys"
description: "Didier Maurice Theys is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona ; a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the Grand-American Road Racing Association (2002) and the winner of the 24 Hours of Spa. He was also the polesitter (1996) and a podium finisher at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The podium finish in 1999 was a third overall in the factory Audi R8R with co-drivers Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela. Theys' first appearance at Le Mans was in 1982, while his last start in the world's most famous endurance sports car race came 20 years later in 2002."
tagline: "Belgian racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DidierTheysChampCar1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1956-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.9
  momentum:             5.441384070019135
  historical:           7.422356000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديدييه ثيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Theys"
    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Theys"
    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Theys"
    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ディディエ・セイス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Theys"
    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Theys"
    title: "Didier Theys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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