# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-vandewattyne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:24.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-vandewattyne"
name: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
slug: "marcel-vandewattyne"
description: "Marcel Eugène Vandewattyne was a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Belgian long-distance and steeplechase runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel_Vandewattyne_1957.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1924-07-07"
deathDate: "2009-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.45
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.801116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vandewattyne"
    title: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vandewattyne"
    title: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vandewattyne"
    title: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vandewattyne"
    title: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vandewattyne"
    title: "Marcel Vandewattyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2498228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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