# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rik-van-looy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:50.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rik-van-looy"
name: "Rik Van Looy"
slug: "rik-van-looy"
description: "Henri \"Rik\" Van Looy was a Belgian professional cyclist of the post-war period. Nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals, he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s."
tagline: "Belgian road racing cyclist (1933–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rik_van_Looy_1962_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1933-12-20"
deathDate: "2024-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.697092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1773050/"
    handle:    "nm1773050"
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    title: "Ван Лой, Рик"
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    title: "Rik Van Looy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump