# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maarten-van-der-weijden
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:25.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maarten-van-der-weijden"
name: "Maarten van der Weijden"
slug: "maarten-van-der-weijden"
description: "Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch former long-distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar. Van der Weijden won the Olympic gold in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2019, he swam the Elfstedentocht for charity, in which he raised more than €6.1 million."
tagline: "Dutch long-distance swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maarten_van_der_Weijden_(2008-08-25).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1981-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "mvdweijden"
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    handle:    "maartenvanderweijden"
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    handle:    "maarten-van-der-weijden-b8946721"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump