# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-vanderkaay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:35:58.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-vanderkaay"
name: "Peter Vanderkaay"
slug: "peter-vanderkaay"
description: "Peter William Vanderkaay is an American former competition swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist who competed for the University of Michigan who specialized in middle and long distance freestyle events. He was a member of the United States Olympic team in 2004, 2008, and 2012, and won gold medals in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Vanderkaay_(2010).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1984-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.620988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/petervanderkaay"
    handle:    "petervanderkaay"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/pvanderkaay/"
    handle:    "pvanderkaay"
sources:
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    title: "彼得·范德尔卡伊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "پیتر واندرکای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0_%EB%B0%B4%EB%8D%94%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "피터 밴더케이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay"
    title: "Peter Vanderkaay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Вандеркай, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пітер Вандеркаай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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