# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kate-van-buskirk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:42:12.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kate-van-buskirk"
name: "Kate Van Buskirk"
slug: "kate-van-buskirk"
description: "Kate Van Buskirk is a Canadian Olympian, cross-country and track runner, with 18 years National Team experience. She won bronze for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 1500 m. She was named as an Athlete Director of Athletics Canada, 2019-2022."
tagline: "Canadian long-distance runner"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1987-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.947121333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/K8VBeast"
    handle:    "K8VBeast"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/k8vbeast/"
    handle:    "k8vbeast"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate Van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "كيت فان بوسكيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate Van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate Van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Van_Buskirk"
    title: "Kate Van Buskirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17514916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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