# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-van-dorp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:27:05.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-van-dorp"
name: "Fred van Dorp"
slug: "fred-van-dorp"
description: "Alfred Carel van Dorp was a Dutch water polo player who participated in three Summer Olympics with the Dutch Men's National Team. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, becoming the eleventh water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. After retiring he worked for many years as a water polo referee."
tagline: "Dutch water polo player (1938–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_van_Dorp_1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1938-10-13"
deathDate: "2023-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.49
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.868358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_van_Dorp"
    title: "Fred van Dorp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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