# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-despontin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:51:15.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-despontin"
name: "Léon Despontin"
slug: "leon-despontin"
description: "Léon Despontin was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1921 Tour de France. He placed seventh in the race with 200 points."
tagline: "Belgian bicycle racer (1888-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on_Despontin_btv1b53116354v.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1888-07-06"
deathDate: "1972-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.401584000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Деспонтен, Леон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Despontin"
    title: "Léon Despontin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2508672"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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