# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-den-turk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:51.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-den-turk"
name: "Willy den Turk"
slug: "willy-den-turk"
description: "Wilhelmina \"Willy\" den Turk was a Dutch swimmer. She won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke and a silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1927 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she set a world record in the 100 m backstroke. This was the first Dutch world record in a backstroke event, and it was bettered by another Dutch swimmer, Marie Braun."
tagline: "Dutch swimmer (1908-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_den_Turk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1908-04-03"
deathDate: "1937-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.47
  momentum:             8.51782363977486
  historical:           6.535385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_den_Turk"
    title: "Wilhelmina den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_den_Turk"
    title: "Willy den Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15649675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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