# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-vekemans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:24.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-vekemans"
name: "Willy Vekemans"
slug: "willy-vekemans"
description: "Willy Vekemans is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the Omloop Het Volk in 1967 and Gent–Wevelgem in 1969."
tagline: "Belgian bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Vekemans_1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1945-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.070266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Векеманс, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلى ڤيكيمانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vekemans"
    title: "Willy Vekemans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3190759"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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