# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-leijerstam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:18:05.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-leijerstam"
name: "Maria Leijerstam"
slug: "maria-leijerstam"
description: "Maria Leijerstam is a British polar adventurer. In 2013 she became the first person to cycle to the South Pole from the edge of the continent. Leijerstam started her expedition on the Ross Ice Shelf at the edge of the Antarctic continent, and cycled for 10 to 17 hours each day with no rest days, and the total distance cycled was 638 km (396 mi). Leijerstam's cycle was a three-wheeled design, and she reached the pole faster than any previous skiing expedition."
tagline: "British racing driver and athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Leijerstam.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.342981333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marialeijerstam/"
    handle:    "marialeijerstam"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/marialeijerstam"
    handle:    "marialeijerstam"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialeijerstam/"
    handle:    "marialeijerstam"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.marialeijerstam.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%94%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Марія Леєрстам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ماريا ليچيرستام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leijerstam"
    title: "Maria Leijerstam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leijerstam"
    title: "Maria Leijerstam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leijerstam"
    title: "Maria Leijerstam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92'%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9D"
    title: "מריה לייג'רסטם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Лейерстам, Мария"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17578075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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