# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niels-markussen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:12:04.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niels-markussen"
name: "Niels Markussen"
slug: "niels-markussen"
description: "Niels Peter Markussen was a Danish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the Dragon class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Paul Lindemark Jørgensen and Aage Birch."
tagline: "Danish sailor"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1934-09-06"
deathDate: "2008-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.601476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Нільс Маркуссен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيلز ماركوسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Markussen"
    title: "Niels Markussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Markussen"
    title: "Niels Markussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Markussen"
    title: "Niels Markussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "نیلس مارکوسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Markussen"
    title: "Niels Markussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Markussen"
    title: "Niels Markussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7031539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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