# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelmus-bekkers
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:17:33.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelmus-bekkers"
name: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
slug: "wilhelmus-bekkers"
description: "Wilhelmus Johannes Bekkers was a Dutch tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Arnhem and died in Arnhem. Bekkers was a swimming teacher in his birthplace, where he married Engelina Gouw in 1916. In 1920, he won the silver medal as a member of the Dutch tug of war team."
tagline: "Dutch tug of war competitor (1890-1957)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1890-08-21"
deathDate: "1957-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.11
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           10.06839466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلهيلموس بيكيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Johannes_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Johannes Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%DA%A9%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلهلموس بککرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Bekkers"
    title: "Wim Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus_Bekkers"
    title: "Wilhelmus Bekkers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2423063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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