# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-rompelberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:39:28.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-rompelberg"
name: "Fred Rompelberg"
slug: "fred-rompelberg"
description: "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. \nThe relevant world record was broken anew in 2018 by Denise Mueller-Korenek who reached a speed of 296.009 km/h."
tagline: "Dutch racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Rompelberg%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-4212.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1945-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.221024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg"
    title: "Fred Rompelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "فريد رومپيلبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberq"
    title: "Fred Rompelberq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg"
    title: "Fred Rompelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg"
    title: "Fred Rompelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "فرد رومپلبرخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg"
    title: "Fred Rompelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg"
    title: "Fred Rompelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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