# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gert-thys
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:33:27.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gert-thys"
name: "Gert Thys"
slug: "gert-thys"
description: "Gert Thys is a male long-distance runner from South Africa, who represented his native country in the marathon at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thys is a former African record holder in the marathon, and is the current holder of the South African record with his best of 2:06:33 from the 1999 Tokyo International Marathon, which was also the course record for that race."
tagline: "South African marathon runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gert_Thys_(2012).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1971-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.537005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Thys"
    title: "Gert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيرت ثيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Thys"
    title: "Gert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Thys"
    title: "Gert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Thys"
    title: "Gert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Thys"
    title: "Gert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ゲルト・タイス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345945"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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