# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-van-meer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:22.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-van-meer"
name: "Jacques van Meer"
slug: "jacques-van-meer"
description: "Jacobus \"Jacques\" van Meer is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. As amateur, he won the Ronde van Limburg (Netherlands) and Omloop der Kempen in 1979. Next year he won a national title in the road race in 1980 and competed in this event at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. After the Games he turned professional and competed through the 1980s. His best achievement in UCI World Tour races was 28th place in Vuelta a España in 1981. In 1983, he won Le Samyn and finished second in Paris–Camembert, both rated as 1.1 races."
tagline: "Dutch road cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jac-van-Meer_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.736141333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جاك فان مير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جاك فان مير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "ژاک فان مر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_van_Meer"
    title: "Jacques van Meer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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