# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilma-van-velsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:19:49.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilma-van-velsen"
name: "Wilma van Velsen"
slug: "wilma-van-velsen"
description: "Margot Wilhelmina (\"Wilma\") Teunisje van Velsen is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who twice competed for her country at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union. There she won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Conny van Bentum, Annelies Maas and Reggie de Jong. Four years later in Los Angeles, United States she was a member of the silver winning team in the same event, although she just swam in the qualifying heats to bring The Netherlands to the final. There the team was made up by Conny van Bentum, Desi Reijers, Annemarie Verstappen, and Elles Voskes."
tagline: "Swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilma_van_Velsen_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1964-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.98
  momentum:             5.504201680672269
  historical:           10.66976266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільма ван Вельсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلما فن ولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_van_Velsen"
    title: "Wilma van Velsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Ван Велсен, Вилма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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