# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-vaarten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:17:37.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-vaarten"
name: "Michel Vaarten"
slug: "michel-vaarten"
description: "Michel Vaarten is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium. He represented Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won silver medal in the 1.000m time trial behind East Germany's Klaus-Jürgen Grünke. Vaarten was a professional from 1979 to 1992. He won 12 national titles, one European title and one world title, mainly in track cycling. In 1976 he won the International Champion of Champions sprint at Herne Hill velodrome. Vaarten is currently piloting a Derny bike in many Six Day Cycling events around Europe."
tagline: "Cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel_Vaarten_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Michel Vaarten"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump