# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hidde-leegstra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:18:55.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hidde-leegstra"
name: "Hidde Leegstra"
slug: "hidde-leegstra"
description: "Tjerk Hidde Leegstra was an American and Dutch field hockey player. He became an American citizen in June 1955 and competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Dutch field hockey player (1912-1980)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1912-01-27"
deathDate: "1980-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.98
  momentum:             15.81081081081081
  historical:           5.269546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Leegstra"
    title: "Tjerk Leegstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "هيد ليجسترا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Leegstra"
    title: "Tjerk Leegstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Легстра, Тьерк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidde_Leegstra"
    title: "Hidde Leegstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Leegstra"
    title: "Tjerk Leegstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4855215"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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