# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koos-de-jong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:45:49.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koos-de-jong"
name: "Koos de Jong"
slug: "koos-de-jong"
description: "Jacobus Hermanus Hendrik Jan \"Koos\" de Jong was a sailor from the Netherlands. He competed in the Firefly event at the 1948 Olympics and in the Finn event at the 1952 Games and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fourth in 1952. De Jong won several medals at European championships, including the gold in 1959."
tagline: "Dutch sailor (1912–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koos_de_Jong_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1912-04-07"
deathDate: "1993-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.87023066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кос де Йонґ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_de_Jong"
    title: "Jacobus de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "کوس د یونگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_de_Jong"
    title: "Jacobus de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_Jong"
    title: "Koos de Jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2397843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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