# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharon-van-essen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:15.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharon-van-essen"
name: "Sharon van Essen"
slug: "sharon-van-essen"
description: "Sharon van Essen is a former Dutch cyclist from Utrecht, the Netherlands. She turned professional in 2000 with the Farm Frites-Hartol team."
tagline: "Dutch racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharon_van_Essen_(2008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.2
  momentum:             2.857142857142857
  historical:           5.468286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_van_Essen"
    title: "Sharon van Essen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "شارون ڤان اسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_van_Essen"
    title: "Sharon van Essen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ван Эссен, Шэрон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_van_Essen"
    title: "Sharon van Essen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_van_Essen"
    title: "Sharon van Essen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1946134"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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