# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaas-balk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:31:01.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaas-balk"
name: "Klaas Balk"
slug: "klaas-balk"
description: "Klaas Cornelis Hendrik Balk is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1967 and 1974, mostly on track. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in three events in total. In 1968, his team failed to reach the final in the 4 km pursuit. In 1972, he finished in fourth and fifth place in the individual sprint and 2 km tandem sprint. He won a bronze medal in the 1 km sprint at the 1969 world championships."
tagline: "Dutch cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klaas_Balk_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-12-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.35
  momentum:             1.617647058823529
  historical:           8.936177333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83"
    title: "كلاس بالك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "کلاس بالک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Balk"
    title: "Klaas Balk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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