# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-depaepe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:44:37.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-depaepe"
name: "Paul Depaepe"
slug: "paul-depaepe"
description: "Paul Depaepe is a Belgian former professional cyclist and world champion. He competed in the 4,000 metres team pursuit event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He competed in motor-paced racing in the professionals category and won the European championships in 1961–1963 and the world championships in 1957; he finished in second place in the world championships in 1961–1963. He retired in 1965 after a serious back injury during training."
tagline: "Belgian cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Depaepe_(1957).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1931-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.935817333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%BE"
    title: "پول ديپايپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%87"
    title: "پاول دپاپه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Depaepe"
    title: "Paul Depaepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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