# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jelle-nijdam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:32:48.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jelle-nijdam"
name: "Jelle Nijdam"
slug: "jelle-nijdam"
description: "Jelle Nijdam is a Dutch former professional road cyclist. Nijdam turned professional after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He participated in the Tour de France 10 times, winning six stages and wearing the yellow jersey for three days. Nijdam's father, Henk Nijdam, was a professional cyclist from 1962 to 1969, who won the 1962 world amateur track pursuit championship. He also competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jelle_Nijdam_(2013).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1963-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             5.776177898952032
  historical:           12.68661066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جيل نيجدام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيل نيجدام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "یله نایدام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelle_Nijdam"
    title: "Jelle Nijdam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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