# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayde-van-niekerk
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:18:14.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayde-van-niekerk"
name: "Wayde van Niekerk"
slug: "wayde-van-niekerk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayde_van_Niekerk_080817_London_2017ceopped.jpg?width=1200"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           0.6666666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     4.999999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  42
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16855376"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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