# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvia-burka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:38:32.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvia-burka"
name: "Sylvia Burka"
slug: "sylvia-burka"
description: "Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater and track cyclist from Canada of Latvian descent. She represented Canada at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. She was the first person in history to win a World Championship in both Allround and Sprint disciplines. She never won an Olympic medal, with her best Olympic result being the fourth place in 1000 m in 1976."
tagline: "Canadian racing cyclist and speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sylvia_Burka_1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1954-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.95
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.20468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Бурка, Сильвия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "سيلڤيا بوركا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burkaov%C3%A1"
    title: "Sylvia Burkaová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvija_Burka"
    title: "Silvija Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Burka"
    title: "Sylvia Burka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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