# Fred Rompelberg

> Fred Rompelberg is a Dutch cyclist who is mainly known for making several attempts to break the Absolute World Speed Record Cycling. On 3 October 1995 he cycled behind a motor dragster from the team Strasburg Racing's Brothers on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a speed of 268.831 kilometers per hour (167.044 mph). He beat the previous record of 245 km/h by John Howard, which was set in 1985 at the same location in Utah. 
The relevant world record was broken anew in 2018 by Denise Mueller-Korenek who reached a speed of 296.009 km/h.

*Dutch racing cyclist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/fred-rompelberg

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1945-10-30
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Fred Rompelberg](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg)
- [فريد رومپيلبيرج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC)
- [Fred Rompelberq](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberq)
- [Fred Rompelberg](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg)
- [Fred Rompelberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg)
- [فرد رومپلبرخ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AE)
- [Fred Rompelberg](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg)
- [Fred Rompelberg](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350012)

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