# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-coertzen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:34:02.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-coertzen"
name: "Willem Coertzen"
slug: "willem-coertzen"
description: "Willem Coertzen is a retired South African track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He was the silver medallist in the event at the African Championships in Athletics in 2008. He is the current South African national record holder in the event with his score of 8343."
tagline: "South African decathlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_Coertzen_at_TNT_Fortuna_Meeting_in_Kladno_15June2011_100.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.74
  momentum:             16.02040816326531
  historical:           5.468610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Coertzen"
    title: "Willem Coertzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليم كويرتزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Coertzen"
    title: "Willem Coertzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Куртзен, Виллем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Coertzen"
    title: "Willem Coertzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Coertzen"
    title: "Willem Coertzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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