# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:00:53.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-mertens"
name: "Jan Mertens"
slug: "jan-mertens"
description: "Jan Mertens was a Belgian cyclist. Professional from 1926 to 1931, he won the Tour of Flanders in 1928 and ranked fourth in the Tour de France in 1928."
tagline: "Belgian bicycle racer (1904-1964)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Jan_Mertens_%28cyclist%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1904-03-02"
deathDate: "1964-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.803132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мертенс, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جان ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جان ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens"
    title: "Jan Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens_(Radsportler)"
    title: "Jan Mertens (Radsportler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens_(cyclist)"
    title: "Jan Mertens (cyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens"
    title: "Jan Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "یان مرتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens"
    title: "Jan Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens"
    title: "Jan Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mertens_(wielrenner)"
    title: "Jan Mertens (wielrenner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1845763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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