# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-kj-rulff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:38.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-kj-rulff"
name: "Jan Kjærulff"
slug: "jan-kj-rulff"
description: "Jan Kjærulff was a sailor from Denmark. He was born in Maglegård. Kjærulff represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Kjærulff took 13th place in the Soling with Paul Elvstrøm as helmsman and Valdemar Bandolowski as fellow crew member. Kjærulff died in August 2006. With Paul Elvstrøm he formed Elvstrøm & Kjærulff Yacht Design, and Kjærulff is credited with the design of many yachts."
tagline: "Olympic sailor (1943-2006)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1943-12-30"
deathDate: "2006-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.05
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.801332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jan Kjærulff"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kj%C3%A6rulff"
    title: "Jan Kjærulff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kj%C3%A6rulff"
    title: "Jan Kjærulff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kj%C3%A6rulff"
    title: "Jan Kjærulff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kj%C3%A6rulff"
    title: "Jan Kjærulff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5912561"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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