# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-van-de-velde
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:13:47.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-van-de-velde"
name: "Steven van de Velde"
slug: "steven-van-de-velde"
description: "Steven van de Velde is a Dutch beach volleyball player. He was convicted of child rape in 2016; in 2014, when Van de Velde was 19, he raped a 12-year-old British girl, after contacting her on social media, travelling to Britain to meet her, and giving her alcohol. He returned to sport in 2018 and participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the Dutch Olympic Committee standing by their nomination despite a petition calling for him to be removed. The same year, he won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships."
tagline: "Dutch beach volleyball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steven_van_de_Velde_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1994-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             13.56409008028563
  historical:           11.70908533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "史蒂文·范德费尔德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%85%8C%EB%B2%88_%ED%8C%90_%EB%8D%94%EB%B2%A8%EB%8D%B0"
    title: "스테번 판 더벨데"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_van_de_Velde"
    title: "Steven van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ван де Велде, Стевен"
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  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9F%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD"
    title: "สเตเฟิน ฟัน เดอ แฟ็ลเดอ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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