# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-balkestein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:44:30.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-balkestein"
name: "Marcel Balkestein"
slug: "marcel-balkestein"
description: "Marcel Balkestein is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, and was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal."
tagline: "Dutch field hockey player"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.80684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Марсель Балкестейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارسيل بالكيستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "مارسل بالکستاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Balkestein"
    title: "Marcel Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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