# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gert-potgieter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:45.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gert-potgieter"
name: "Gert Potgieter"
slug: "gert-potgieter"
description: "Gerhardus Cornelius Potgieter is a retired South African Track and field athletics competitor, primarily known for the 400-metre and 440-yard hurdles. His innovation was to run 14 steps between the hurdles. For perspective, 1980's legend Edwin Moses' innovation was to run 13 steps. Former world record holder Kevin Young was able to achieve 12 steps between some hurdles."
tagline: "South African Intermediate Hurdler"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470662666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Potgieter_(athlete)"
    title: "Gert Potgieter (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جيرت پوتجيتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Potgieter"
    title: "Gert Potgieter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Potgieter"
    title: "Gert Potgieter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhardus_Potgieter"
    title: "Gerhardus Potgieter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Potgieter"
    title: "Gert Potgieter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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