# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giniel-de-villiers
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:05:28.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giniel-de-villiers"
name: "Giniel de Villiers"
slug: "giniel-de-villiers"
description: "Giniel de Villiers is a South African racing and rally driver, best known for winning the 2009 Dakar Rally."
tagline: "South African rally driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rally_Dakar_2009_coche_ganador_DE_VILLIERS_y_VON_ZITZEWITZ_VOLKSWAGEN.JPG?width=1200"
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: "1972-03-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.071428571428572
  historical:           12.012168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  218
  category: null
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giniel_de_Villiers"
    title: "Giniel de Villiers"
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    title: "Giniel de Villiers"
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    title: "Giniel de Villiers"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump