# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurie-byers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:13:34.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurie-byers"
name: "Laurie Byers"
slug: "laurie-byers"
description: "Laurence John Byers was a New Zealand racing cyclist and local politician. He won the bronze medal in the men's road race at both the 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games."
tagline: "New Zealand racing cyclist and local politician (1941–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurie_Byers_QSM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-03-03"
deathDate: "2024-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.069366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%B3%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E6%8B%9C%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF"
    title: "劳里·拜尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "لاورى بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Byers"
    title: "Laurence Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Byers"
    title: "Laurie Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Byers"
    title: "Laurie Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Byers"
    title: "Laurie Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Byers"
    title: "Laurie Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Байерс, Лори"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Byers"
    title: "Laurie Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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