# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicole-van-der-velden
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:01:52.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicole-van-der-velden"
name: "Nicole van der Velden"
slug: "nicole-van-der-velden"
description: "Nicole van der Velden is a Spanish-Aruban sailor. She was born Aruban, but received the Spanish nationality by the Spanish government in 2019. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Nacra 17 race with Thijs Visser; they won two races and placed 16th in the final standings. She was the flag bearer for Aruba in the Parade of Nations. She campaigned a 49er FX towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and is presently campaigning an IQ Foil windsurfer towards the 2024 Olympic Games."
tagline: "Aruban sailor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicole_van_der_Velden_Rio2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1994-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             16.62037037037037
  historical:           4.609036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_van_der_Velden"
    title: "Nicole van der Velden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "نیکول فان در فلدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_van_der_Velden"
    title: "Nicole van der Velden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_van_der_Velden"
    title: "Nicole van der Velden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_van_der_Velden"
    title: "Nicole van der Velden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26431516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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