# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-desmet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:30:52.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-desmet"
name: "Pieter Desmet"
slug: "pieter-desmet"
description: "Pieter Desmet is a Belgian steeplechase and long-distance runner. He is a two-time national champion for his category, and a member of Atletiek Zuid-West Club in Zwevegem, being coached and trained by Dirk de Maesschulck. He also achieved a personal best time of 8:15.02, at a world meeting in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium."
tagline: "Belgian steeplechase runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20081214_Pieter_De_Smet_EK_Cross_2008.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1983-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.603636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Desmet"
    title: "Pieter Desmet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "پيتير ديسميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Desmet"
    title: "Pieter Desmet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Desmet"
    title: "Pieter Desmet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Desmet"
    title: "Pieter Desmet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338573"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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