# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddy-monsels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:05:03.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddy-monsels"
name: "Eddy Monsels"
slug: "eddy-monsels"
description: "Eduard \"Eddy\" George Monsels was a Surinamese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics, becoming the first competitor to actually appear for Suriname in the Olympics. He is the brother of sprinter Sammy Monsels. Eddy Monsels studied civil engineering at Leiden University. Monsels died on 1 November 2023, at the age of 75."
tagline: "Surinamese athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddy_Monsels_(1970).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-01-24"
deathDate: "2023-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           31.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.801188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ادى مونسيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Monsels"
    title: "Eddy Monsels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Monsels"
    title: "Eddy Monsels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Monsels"
    title: "Eddy Monsels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Monsels"
    title: "Eddy Monsels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4034811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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