# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vanessa-sterckendries
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:47.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vanessa-sterckendries"
name: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
slug: "vanessa-sterckendries"
description: "Vanessa Sterckendries is a Belgian athlete competing in the hammer throw. She holds the national record in the hammer throw and was the first ever female Belgian athlete to compete in the hammer throw at the European and World Athletics championships and the Summer Olympic Games."
tagline: "Belgian thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanessa_sterckendries-1630246854.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1995-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.18
  momentum:             9.719827586206897
  historical:           5.668826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sterckendries_vanessa/"
    handle:    "sterckendries_vanessa"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://vanessasterckendries.be/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Sterckendries"
    title: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فانيسا ستيركندريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Sterckendries"
    title: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Sterckendries"
    title: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Sterckendries"
    title: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Sterckendries"
    title: "Vanessa Sterckendries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55824533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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