# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toni-merkens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:30.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toni-merkens"
name: "Toni Merkens"
slug: "toni-merkens"
description: "Nikolaus Anton \"Toni\" Merkens was a racing cyclist from Germany and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meter match sprint event."
tagline: "German racing cyclist (1912–1944)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Toni_Merkens.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1912-06-21"
deathDate: "1944-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             1.515151515151515
  historical:           15.47897866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "托尼·默肯斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تونى ميركينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "تونی مرکنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "トーニ・メルケンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Merkens"
    title: "Toni Merkens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Тоні Меркенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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