# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wim-van-est
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:39.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wim-van-est"
name: "Wim van Est"
slug: "wim-van-est"
description: "Willem \"Wim\" van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it."
tagline: "Dutch racing cyclist (1923–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wim_van_Est_(1952).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1923-03-25"
deathDate: "2003-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.35
  momentum:             0.6716417910447762
  historical:           12.88923866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيم فان است"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wim van Est"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Van_Est"
    title: "Wim Van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ویم فان است"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
    title: "Wim van Est"
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    title: "Wim van Est"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Est"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump