# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elco-van-der-geest
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:36.329Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elco-van-der-geest"
name: "Elco van der Geest"
slug: "elco-van-der-geest"
description: "Elco van der Geest is a Dutch-born Belgian judoka. Throughout his career, Elco had competed for the Netherlands. In August 2009, Elco accepted the request to join the Belgian team. He achieved Belgian citizenship right before the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam."
tagline: "Dutch-born Belgian judoka"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elco_van_der_Geest_judoka_in_1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1979-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.94535733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3853375/"
    handle:    "nm3853375"
sources:
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    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "الكو ڤان دير جيست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "אלקו ואן דר חייסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%98%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "エルコ・ファンデルヘースト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elco_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1878304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4453320"
    title: "Elco van der Geest"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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