# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-niemela
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:44:23.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-niemela"
name: "Markus Niemelä"
slug: "markus-niemela"
description: "Markus Niemelä is a Finnish former race car driver. He was the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta. His international racing career has been volatile due to a number of injuries he has sustained during his career."
tagline: "Finnish racing driver"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.22
  momentum:             2.522522522522522
  historical:           10.005004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemela"
    title: "Markus Niemela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9"
    title: "マルクス・ニーメラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Niemel%C3%A4"
    title: "Markus Niemelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Ниемеля, Маркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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