# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-kuipers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:08:11.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-kuipers"
name: "Simon Kuipers"
slug: "simon-kuipers"
description: "Simon Kuipers is a retired Dutch speed skater. He won a 1500 meters World Cup competitions on 3 December 2005. It was his first World Cup victory. He participated in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 23rd in the 500 metres, and 4th in the 1500 metres, less than four-tenths of a second off the podium, as well as being the fastest Dutchman in that event. He officially retired in March 2012."
tagline: "Dutch speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Kuipers_(09-12-2007).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1982-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             8.103448275862068
  historical:           10.47163466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "سیمون کوپرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kuipers"
    title: "Simon Kuipers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Кёйперс, Симон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1363950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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