# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-koel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:34.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-koel"
name: "Gerard Koel"
slug: "gerard-koel"
description: "Gerard Koel is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1962 and 1973. He won a bronze medal in the 4 km team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1966 he turned professional and won two six-day races: in Madrid in 1967 and in Amsterdam in 1973, as well as one stage of the Olympia's Tour in 1965. Nationally he earned titles in the sprint and scratch in 1970. After retiring from competitions he worked as a driver for Dutch television during the Tour de France."
tagline: "Dutch cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerard_Koel_1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.21
  momentum:             0.4494382022471911
  historical:           12.203348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيرارد كويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "خرارد کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Koel"
    title: "Gerard Koel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%90%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB"
    title: "Ґерард Кул"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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