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Jaap Kersten

Dutch bicycle racer
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Summary

Jaap Kersten was born on November 10, 1934[1], in Siebengewald[2]. He has worked as a sport cyclist[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands[5]
  • Sex or gender: male[6]
  • Commons category: Jaap Kersten[7]
  • Sport: road bicycle racing[8]
  • Family name: Kersten[9]
  • Given name: Jaap[10]
  • Participant in: Tour de France[11]

Why It Matters

Jaap Kersten has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

Where was Jaap Kersten born?

Jaap Kersten was born in Siebengewald[2].

What did Jaap Kersten do for work?

Jaap Kersten worked as a sport cyclist[3].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · FromZeFild · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'li', 'nl']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Image: Jaap Kersten.jpg"
  2. 27d ago · Guillaumrs · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → road bicycle racing
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55339|batch #55339]]: replacement of "cycle sport" with "road bicycle racing""
  3. 27d ago · Guillaumrs · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jaap
    Citizenship → —
    Family name → Kersten
    Member of sports team → Magneet–Vredestein
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55339|batch #55339]]: replacement of "cycle sport" with "road bicycle racing""
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