# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruben-verheyden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:35:13.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruben-verheyden"
name: "Ruben Verheyden"
slug: "ruben-verheyden"
description: "Ruben Verheyden is a Belgian middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. \nHe won a bronze medal at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in the Mixed relay with his teammates Vanessa Scaunet, Elise Vanderelst and Stijn Baeten.\nHe won the 1500m at the 2022 Belgian Athletics Championships, and the same event at the 2021 and 2022 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships. He also won the 1500 m at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships."
tagline: "Belgian middle-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruben_Verheyden_2023_(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: "2000-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.91860465116279
  historical:           6.540029333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ruben_verheyden/"
    handle:    "ruben_verheyden"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-verheyden-6aaa60224/"
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sources:
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    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
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    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
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    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Verheyden"
    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Verheyden"
    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Verheyden"
    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Verheyden"
    title: "Ruben Verheyden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105729584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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