# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-vanek
# Generated: 2026-09-01T20:14:57.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-vanek"
name: "Thomas Vanek"
slug: "thomas-vanek"
description: "Thomas Vanek is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, and Vancouver Canucks. Vanek was drafted by the Sabres fifth overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft, making him the highest-drafted Austrian player in NHL history along with David Reinbacher in the 2023 NHL entry draft. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2026."
tagline: "Austrian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Vanek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.32218933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/T_Vanek26"
    handle:    "T_Vanek26"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://thomasvanek.at"
sources:
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    title: "Томас Ванек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس ڤانيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B0%94%EB%84%A4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "토마스 바네크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomass_Vaneks"
    title: "Tomass Vaneks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Ванек, Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Vanek"
    title: "Thomas Vanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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