# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mirjam-melchers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:59:51.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mirjam-melchers"
name: "Mirjam Melchers"
slug: "mirjam-melchers"
description: "Maria Wilhelmina Johanna \"Mirjam\" Melchers-Van Poppel is a female former racing cyclist from the Netherlands, married to former sprinter Jean-Paul van Poppel. She was one of the leading cyclists in the world, having held the UCI number one ranking as well as winning highly rated races. She was a one-day specialist but has managed smaller stage races."
tagline: "Dutch cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirjam_Melchers_Pijnacker_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.60702
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers-van_Poppel"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ميرچام ميلتشيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjam_Melchers"
    title: "Mirjam Melchers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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