# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-vandermeer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:24:39.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-vandermeer"
name: "Jim Vandermeer"
slug: "jim-vandermeer"
description: "James Patrick Vandermeer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Vandermeer previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers and the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL)."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Vandermeer_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1980-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.53
  momentum:             0.03021148036253776
  historical:           6.145285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Jim_Vandermeer"
    handle:    "Jim_Vandermeer"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vandermeer"
    title: "James Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چيم ڤانديرمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vandermeer"
    title: "Jim Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vandermeer"
    title: "Jim Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vandermeer"
    title: "Jim Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vandermeer"
    title: "Jim Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vandermeer"
    title: "Jim Vandermeer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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