# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-vande-velde
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:27.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-vande-velde"
name: "John Vande Velde"
slug: "john-vande-velde"
description: "John Vande Velde is an American track cyclist who competed on velodromes around the world, winning three national championships, and he competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a 2004 inductee into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chicago_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_(3004089470)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1950-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             0.7909604519774013
  historical:           6.347085333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vande_Velde"
    title: "John Vande Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جون ڤاند ڤيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vande_Velde"
    title: "John Vande Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vande_Velde"
    title: "John Vande Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vande_Velde"
    title: "John Vande Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جان وند ولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vande_Velde"
    title: "John Vande Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1663170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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