# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-ykema
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:00:50.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-ykema"
name: "Jan Ykema"
slug: "jan-ykema"
description: "Jan Jelte Ykema is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres. The same year he won all of his three World Cup races. A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business. During his career he won three national sprint titles and three distance titles."
tagline: "Dutch speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Ykema_skating2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1963-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.80774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "یان یکیما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ykema"
    title: "Jan Ykema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2169385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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