# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurens-meintjes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:37:52.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurens-meintjes"
name: "Laurens Meintjes"
slug: "laurens-meintjes"
description: "Laurens Meintjes was a South African track cyclist and winner of the inaugural stayers contest at the 1893 ICA Track Cycling World Championships in Chicago. This victory made him the first African to win a world championship. Meintjes was born in Aberdeen and died in Potgietersrust."
tagline: "South African racing cyclist (1868–1941)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1868-06-09"
deathDate: "1941-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.43
  momentum:             1.964285714285714
  historical:           7.869078666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "لاورينس مينتچيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Smitz_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Smitz Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Meintjes"
    title: "Laurens Meintjes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742836"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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