# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-wijmeersch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:21:57.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-wijmeersch"
name: "Erik Wijmeersch"
slug: "erik-wijmeersch"
description: "Erik Wijmeersch is a Belgian former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. His greatest success was a gold medal in the 200 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1996. His best time of 20.66 remains the Belgian indoor record for the event. He also holds bests of 10.17 seconds for the 100 metres and 6.69 seconds for the indoor 60 metres."
tagline: "Belgian sprinter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20080621_Erik_Wijmeersch_Europacup.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1970-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.52
  momentum:             8.023106546854944
  historical:           8.736789333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
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    title: "اريك ويچميرستش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Wijmeersch"
    title: "Erik Wijmeersch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1354220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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